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Eden
type: Dessert
synonyms: Fon's Spring. There is also a Canadian-bred apple trade-named Eden. See SJCA38R6A74 .
identification: Medium to small, round conic. The base colour is pale yellow, washed cherry red and striped with darker red. Abundant beige lenticels. The stem is very short and very stout, set in a very shallow cavity. The eye is small, closed and set in a shallow basin.
characteristics: The flesh is cream colour. Juicy, sharp.
uses: Dessert
origins: A cross of John Standish and Cox's Orange Pippin created by E. J. Ingleby at Forest and Orchard Nurseries, Falfield, Gloucestershire (U.K.) in 1948. Introduced in 1957.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Produces heavy crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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