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Availability (unless sold in the meantime)

	Season 2024/2025	Season 2025/2026
Graftwood / Budwood	√	√

General information

Origin : cross of Jonathan x Worcester Pearmain, Japan
Picking date : 3 weeks before Gala
Fruit size : 65/80
Uses : for early sales. Can be used for organic orchards

Tree description

Blossom date : 4 days before Golden Delicious
Pollinator : Ambassy® Dalili, Red Delicious, Gala, Idared, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Reine des Reinettes, Malus Golden Gem, Malus INRA Baugene
Vigour : weak to average
Time till first cropping / yields : average / average yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : average susceptibility to alternate bearing / easy thinning
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : reasonably tolerant to scab, low susceptibility to mildew

Fruit description

Fruit description : blushed and bright red
Flesh / taste : juicy, crisp, fine; good balance between sugars and acidity
Storage potential : 2 to 3 months in cold store depending on the maturity at picking, CA storage not applicable

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