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Gloucester Cross
identification: Small tending to medium size. Round conic. The base colour is yellow over which there is a dense pattern of darker stripes.
characteristics: Flesh is deep cream coloured. Sweet crip and juicy. Intensely aromatic. Keeps for two months in cold storage.
origins: Raised 1913 by G T Spinks at the Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. A CoxÕs Orange Pippin cross. — Cox s Orange Pippin,Õ cross, raised 1913, G. T. Spinks, Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, England
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Ready for harvest starting in the first half of the period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 12.
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