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Crandall
type: Eating
synonyms: Crandell
identification: Medium to small, round shape. The skin is thick with a base colour greenish yellow. The red over-colour almost completely washes over the faces. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is short, moderately stout and set in a narrow and deep, russetted cavity.
characteristics: Juicy and crisp
uses: Fresh eating and baking.
origins: Developed by Charles S. Crandall at the University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station in Urbana, Illinois (U.S.A.) in 1914 by crossing Rome Beauty with Jonathan . Selected from among the resulting seedlings in 1925 and released in 1952.
cultivation: Vigorous. Precocious.
cold storage: Keeps four months in storage.
harvest: Stems from a programme to develop scab resistant cultivars.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
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