STE GERMAINE DE L’ESTRE

General information

Origin : Traditional French variety
Picking date : Mid-season
Fruit size : 70/80
Uses : old variety with good storage potential

Tree description

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 description

Fruit description : 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

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