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Emilia
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size. Round conic. The smooth, greenish-yellow skin is flushed and striped with red. Light bloom on skin when ripe. The calyx is very small and closed, set in a rather shallow but narrow basin. The stem is somewhat short, extending just proud of the shoulder and medium stout, set in a narrow and deep, lightly russetted cavity
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Moderately juicy, sweet and aromatic. Some tendency to brown when exposed to air.
origins: An open-pollinated seedling of Northern Spy developed in 1898 by T. W. Macoun at the Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa (Canada) and released in 1915. Described in "The Apple in Canada" published in 1916.
cultivation: Vigorous. Produces heavy crops.
cold storage: Keeps for two months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Very resistant to fire blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period. Fruit holds well at maturity.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 3
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