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Atalanta (Netherlands)
type: Dessert
synonyms: Atlanta. Atalanta. Note that there is another cultivar developed in California by the name Etter 22-17 which is marketed as Atalanta.
identification: Medium size, round conic. The base colour is straw yellow over which is a dark red wash marked with striping.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained and firm. juicy sweet aromatic
origins: Developed in 1935 at the Sprenger Institut Voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen (Netherlands) by crossing Reinette Rouge Étoilée with pollen from Cox’s Orange Pippin .
cultivation: Vigorous.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the first period.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 1
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