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Golden Melon
type: Dessert
identification: Medium to large size, round conic. Yellow base colour.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Firm and very sweet with a melon flavour.
origins: Developed in 1931 at the Aomori Apple Experiment Station (Japan) by crossing Golden Delicious with Indo. It bore first fruit in 1938.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Biennial.
cold storage: Keeps for four months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
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