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Earl Cowper
type: Culinary, Sauce
synonyms: Early Cowper
identification: Large, round to round conic with angular faces. The base colour is green with a faint, dull brownish red blush on the sun exposed face. The calyx is medium size and open, set in a deep and narrow, ribbed basin which is surrounded by a prominently knobbed crown. The stem is short and stout, set in a deep and narrow, lightly russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, fine grained and somewhat sharp.
uses: Makes a sweet and flavourful white sauce.
origins: Grown in 1859 when it was named in honour of the Sixth Earl Cowper's marriage to Lady de Grey of West Park, Bedfordshire (U.K.)
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
flowers: White
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