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