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Cotton Candy
type: Dessert
summary: With a distinct flavour of cotton candy, this juicy Canadian apple is perfect for hobby orchards, market sales and U-pick operations.
identification: Large, round and usually asymetric shape, ribbed and crowned. Yellow base colour, over which is a pattern of red striping and marked with moderately large, scattered lenticels. The skin tends to be waxy and develops a mild bloom as it ripens. The stem is moderately stout and moderately long, set in a somewhat shallow and broad cavity. The calyx is set in a somewhat shallow and wide basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm, somewhat juicy. Tends to brown quickly when exposed to air.
origins: Developed from a cross of Co-op 13 x Oberle in 1991 at Agri-Food Canada Research Station in Kentville, Nova Scotia
cultivation: Weeping growth habit. Bears fruit on spurs and shoots.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab.
pollination peak: 1
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