Channel Beauty
type: Dessert
synonyms: Gwŷr
identification: Small tending to medium size, round conic. The skin base colour is greenish yellow over which it is blushed dull red with darker red stripes. Some russet. Tends to become greasy when ripe and in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy and flavourful.
origins: A seedling of
Cox’s Orange Pippin raised by C.H. Evans at Swansea, South Wales (U.K.) during the early 1900s. It was introduced at the National Fruit Trials in 1922
cultivation: Vigorous. Ready for harvest early in the second period.
harvest: Ripens in the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
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