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Aigre Miagat
type: Cider, Dessert
summary: Can be used for cider or dessert, but in both cases, the apples need to mature for about eight weeks in storage.
identification: Large, round-conic. The base colour is yellow over which is a bright red wash on the sun exposed face. The stem cavity is usually russetted and flat, the stem itself is short and medium stout. The calyx is medium size and set in a flat basin.
characteristics: Very juicy and sweet with a slight acidity.
origins: Believed to have originated as a chance seedling in the vicinity of Tréméreuc in the Côtes-d'Armor region of Brittany (France).
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: The apples start to fall late in the fifth period when they are still quite sharp and continues into the sixth period.
juice character: Bitter sharp
juice_classification: Sharp
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
flowers: Pink
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