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Bonnet de Comte
type: Cooking, Dessert
identification: Small tending to medium size. Round. The skin colour is greenish yellow over which are light red stripes. The skin develops a greasy feel.
characteristics: The flesh is firm and sweet, but needs some months in storage to develop flavour.
uses: A dessert apple also used in cooking, becoming sweeter and holding its shape.
origins: France
cultivation: Produces heavy crops. Ready for harvest in the last half of the second period. Disease:
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Self sterile. Group E Day 16
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