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Ahrina
type: Dessert
identification: Medium to large, round flattened with pronounced angular faces. The base colour is yellowish-green, washed red and marked with a dense pattern of red striping. Abundant light-coloured lenticels. The calyx is small and closed to partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin surrounded by an irregularly knobbed crown. The stem is medium length and slender, set in a medium deep and funnel shaped basin. Both the basin can cavity can be marked with russet.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellowish, fine-grained. Crisp and juicy, slightly acidic and lightly aromatic.
uses: Dessert
origins: A complex breeding of Melrojam ( Melba x James Grieve Red ) crossed with pollen from Inglojon ( Ingrid Marie x Jonathan ) jointly carried out at the Federal Research Center for Horticultural Plant Breeding in Ahrensburg (Germany) and the Fruit Research Center in Jork (Germany). Released in 1994.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Precocious. Does best in areas sheltered from wind. Favours well-drained soil
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to fire blight, scab and powdery mildew.
harvest: Early in the fourth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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