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Deljorom
type: Culinary, Dessert, Jelly, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Marketed as Delbartardive, Delbard Tardive
summary: Sweet-tart eating apple developed in France during the 1900s. In addition to its sprightly flavours, it is also favoured as a culinary apple and is fairly tolerant of cold winter conditions.
identification: Medium size tending somewhat to large, conic fruit. The base colour is greenish yellow, over which is a rich red wash that covers three-quarters of the surface, predominantly on the sun-exposed surfaces. White, star-shaped lenticels are most visible on red wash. The stem is slender and long, extending one quart of its length out of the deep and funnel shaped cavity. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow and somewhat narrow basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Juicy and sweet with sprightly flavour.
origins: A cross of Jonalicious and Law Rome Beauty developed in the 1990s by Delbard Pépinières International at Malicorne, in the Allier Department of Central France. The institution was created by Georges Delbard in the mid-1900s and continued by his sons since the late 1900s. The focus of its apple breeding programme has been to develop disease-resistant cultivars.
cultivation: Vigorous and productive. Upright spreading tree.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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