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STE GERMAINE DE L’ESTRE

Variety description
Origin: 
Traditional French variety
Picking date: 
Mid-season
Fruit size: 
70/80
Uses: 
old variety with good storage potential
Tree
Blossom date: 
2 days before Golden Delicious
Pollinator: 
Any variety with long or late blossom such as: Suntan, Idared, Malus Bauflor
Vigour: 
average (choose a strong rootstock)
Time till first cropping / yields: 
slow / good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning: 
average susceptibility to alternate bearing / average thinning. Hand thinning required early July
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases: 
not susceptible to diseases but susceptible to sunburn
Fruit
Skin / shape: 
rustic appearance, orange on green yellow background, russetted fruit
Flesh / taste: 
sweet, acidic and aromatic
Storage potential: 
March in cold store, April in CA storage
Storage (Cold storage): 
March in cold store
Group: 
STE GERMAINE DE L'ESTRE