Modi apples has been developed in 1982 in Italy by Consorzio Italiano. The first license in Turkey was taken by our company and Ozler Tarim is the licensee for Modi.  It is a cross variety of Gala and Liberty. It is named as CIVG 198 and the trade name is Modi. As seasonality, it is 1 week earlier than Golden Delicious Apple.

The protectivity and high resistance to disease is good. It took place in European market in 2008 and was successful. It is considered to be an alternative variety for Red Delicious. It gives the farmers the possibility to treat less pesticides. So there is less risk of residues. In terms of food safety and environmental health, it is the best suiting variety.

CIV: Is the owner of Modi. CIV improved the Modi and it is the patent owner.  Ozler Tarim is the first licience owner in Turkey.  The growing Areas in Europe; Adige Plain (Italy), South Germany, Spain, South and South West France.  In these regions, the fruits are about 75-80mm and have a very shinny red color.

Modi is a kind with high yield. The trees are medium powerful, at full production, the fruit indicates early features. Blooming is regular and abundant. Gold Rush is the best pollinators. It came up by the mutation of Golden Delicious variety.  It is a kind with thick-leaf and resistant to Scaba. The fruit is elongated, conical in shape and large size. Skin color is deep purple red, between 80% and 100% color over the total skin.  It has a good adaptibility to high temperature regions. The flesh color is cream yellow, very firm, crisp and juicy, with high sugar content and acidity level.

It is a kind that is suitable for storage and the shelflife for several weeks resulted succesfully. No disease was observed after the storage. With firm flesh and high acid sugar level, it is a variety that will take place long-term in the markets.

Modi with slow decline in the level of starch and the protection of the flesh firmness gives the possibility to offer a wide harvest network.

The points of strenght for Modi are; exceptional flavour, crispness, easily recognizable, appeal, large and uniform size, storability and shelf life, high and even productivity, low harvesting costs, excellent colour even in low color areas, scab residance. The weak points are; weak tree tends to overfruit, some chemical treatments could cause russeting, slight fruit drop at picking time and thick skin.

Ozler Tarim aims to expand the plantation of this new variety by the results of the studies of adaptation at Ulukışla and Adana conditions. By the results of the studies, range of types will be increased. Ozler Tarim that has been cooperating with growers for several years, is also giving the opportunity to its producers to try this variety.