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Amer Doux d'Hiver
synonyms: Amer Doux, Gros Amer Doux Blanc
identification: Large and round, somewhat irregular in shape. The base colour is yellow, sometime washed red on the sun exposed face and marked with abundant russeted lenticels. The calyx is large and can be open or closed, set in a wide and deep basin. The stem is usually short and stout, sometimes slender.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish and firm. Juicy and bitter. The must can be pale or deeply coloured.
origins: Little is known about this cultivar's origins, though it has been grown in the Normandy region of France for several centuries.
cultivation: Highly vigorous, upright spreading.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest early in the sixth period.
juice_classification: Bittersweet
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 6
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