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Commercio
synonyms: Apple of Commerce, Collin's Red. Commerce In The American Horticultural Manual Volume 2, the Apple of Commerce is listed as Beach with the synonym of Richardson's Red.
identification: Medium tending to large. Flushed and striped.
characteristics: The flesh is a faint cream colour. Firm and somewhat dry. Sweet.
origins: Arkansas (USA) 1865
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Produces heavy crops. Ready for harvest in the second half of the second period.
notes: J.L. Budd American Horticultural Manual V2: Fruit medium to large, roundish, slightly conical, irregular; surface greenish yellow, almost wholly covered with mixed and marbled rather light red, with broad splashes of darker crimson; dots few, obscure, minute, whitish; cavity regular, rather narrow, medium deep, with considerable radiating russet; stem medium; basin shallow to very shallow, distinctly ribbed, with small prominences around calyx, sometimes deeply corrugated; calyx closed; segments connivent. Core closed, clasping; cells ovate, slit, much exudate; tube funnel?shaped; stamens median; seeds few, plump; flesh yellowish, firm, rather coarse?grained, subacid, good. Late winter.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 12.
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