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Gr ner Calviner
type: Cooking, Sauce
synonyms: GrŸner Kalviner
identification: Large and oblong. The base colour is greenish yellow washed red on the sun exposed face. Light coloured lenticles are abundant and evident against the wash, but show as tiny russeted specks on the base colour. The eye is small and partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin which is surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is short and medium thickness, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine grained, firm. tart
uses: Cooking. Makes a sweet, cream colooured sauce.
origins: Germany
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
harvest: In the first half of September.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 12.
cold storage weeks: 8
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