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Fantazja (Poland)
type: Dessert
synonyms: Fantazia
summary: Developed in Poland in 1944, this apple is juicy, sweet and flavourful. Please also see Fantazja .
identification: Medium size. Round to round flattened. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is a dark red wash covering the sun exposed faces. Marked with light coloured lenticels. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a shallow, flat basin which is slightly rippled. The stem is slender, tending to long and set in a moderately shallow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is fine-grained. Very juicy and sweet. flavourful with hints of raspberry.
origins: A cross of McIntosh with Linda , developed in 1944 by Aleksander Rejman at the Warsaw Agricultural University (Poland). Introduced in 1960.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading tree. Strong tendency to bear biennially.
cold storage: Keeps for four months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
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