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Blair
type: Eating, Pie, Sauce
identification: Medium size. Round conic. The skin is thin, base colour pale green which is extensively washed with a sold dark red. Usually covered with a heavy bloom.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, crisp and fine textured. Juicy, sprightly and aromatic. Keeps up to five months in cold storage.
uses: Mostly eaten fresh, but can be used for sauces and pies.
origins: Developed as O?294 by Don Blair and P???? Roy at the Federal Agriculture Research Station in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) by crossing McIntosh and Fameuse. Released in 1973 by R.L. Granger. McIntosh x Fameuse, D. S. Balir, P. Roy and R. L. Granger, Federal Agriculture Research Station, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, named, 1973
cultivation: Hardy and vigorous, upright spreading tree. Starts to bear fruit quite young but produces only modest crops. Ready for harvest in the middle of the first period..
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Self sterile. Group B. Day 7.
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