SUPERCHIEF® SANDIDGE P.V.R.

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	Season 2023/2024	Season 2024/2025
Graftwood / Budwood	√	√

General information

Origin : Sport of Redchief® Camspur (Red Delicious)
Breeder : Van Well
Licence holder : Dalival / IFO
Picking date : Golden Delicious
Fruit size : 65/80
Uses : mostly for export markets

Tree description

Blossom date : 3 days before Golden Delicious
Pollinator : Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, Elstar, Idared, Reine des reinettes, Malus Golden Gem, Malus INRA Baugene, Story® Inored, Canopy
Vigour : very weak (use strong rootstocks and choose a high density system)
Time till first cropping / yields : rapid / very good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : Susceptibility to alternate bearing: sometimes / fruit set is sometimes difficult
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : susceptible to scab, average susceptibility to mildew, susceptible to canker

Fruit description

Fruit description : intense red colour, blushed with stripes
Flesh / taste : white, firm to soft; sweet taste with hardly any acidity
Storage potential : February in cold store, June in CA storage

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