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Dalinette
type: Dessert
synonyms: Marketed as Choupette
identification: Medium size. The base colour is green over which is a red wash. Lightly russetted. Marked with small, raised, light coloured lenticels. The calyx is small and open, set in a rather deep and somewhat narrow basin. The stem is medium length, slender and set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity.
origins: Developed by Davodeau Ligonnière at the Centre de Recherches, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Angers (France) by crossing two experimental varieties—Sel. X 4598 with Sel. X3174—for genetic resistance to scab. Promoted by Ligonniere nursery in France.
cultivation: Low vigor. Tends to bear fruit on a biennial basis. Need regular trimming to maintain fruit size.
vulnerabilities: Scab-resistant variety. Somewhat susceptible to fire blight and mildew.
harvest: During the latter half of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
brix: 13.8
harvest period: 5
sg: 1.0559
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