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Brown Crofton
type: Dessert
synonyms: Brown's Crofton
identification: Medium size. Round and round-conic. Skin base colour is greenish yellow over which is a deep red flush, covered almost entirely with russet.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Crisp, crunchy and dry. Sweet-tart with an intense, rich flavour, but it needs to hang on the tree as long as possible.
uses: Dessert
origins: Originated in County Sligo (Ireland) 1950
cultivation: Vigorous, upright-spreading, tip bearer. Fruit is sometimes prone to cracking.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest drying the middle of the fourth period. Sweetens in storage.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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