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Ambri
type: Dessert, Eating
synonyms: Amri
summary: An indigenous varietal, highly regarded by apple lovers in India but virtually unknown elsewhere.
identification: Medium size, conic. Base colour is golden yellow over which is a pattern of streaked red, heaviest on the sun-exposed face. The stem is moderately long and slender, extending beyond the funnel shaped, moderately deep cavity. The calyx is small and closed, set in a somewhat shallow basin and usually surrounded by the base colour.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Crisp, juicy and sweet, mild in flavour. Aromatic.
uses: Fresh eating apple.
origins: Indigenous to the Himalayan foothills of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, evidently originating from wild stock. Widely cultivated until the introduction of imported commercial varieties in the 1960s.
cultivation: Low vigor. Biennial. Moderate yields. Slow to start bearing fruit.
progeny: Lal-Ambri is a cross between Ambri and Delicious, as is Ambred. Sunehari is Ambri crossed with Golden Delicious, Ambrich is a cross of Richard Red and Ambri, Ambroyal is a cross of Starking Delicious and Ambri.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
vulnerabilities: High vulnerabilities to most diseases.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the fifth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
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