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Court Royal
type: Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Sweet Blenheim, Improved Pound, Possum, Pound.
identification: Medium to large, round to round-conic. Pale green maturing to yellow.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained, mealy. Very sweet with a pronounced tannic finish.
uses: Dessert apple, but often used as a sweet cider apple, vintage quality.
origins: Herefordshire & East Devon
cultivation: Vigorous, spreading tree. Slow to start producing. Biennial. Ready for harvest at the end of the third period. Resistant toscab. Highly susceptible to canker. Susceptilbe to brown rot.
cold storage: Needs to be used within 10 days of harvest.
harvest: Late in the fourth period.
juice character: Ferments readily, light. Vintage.
juice_classification: Bittersweet
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 5
ploidism: Triploid. Does not produce viable pollen for other apple trees.
harvest period: 4
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