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Pomiferous
Holiday
Identification: Medium size. Round. The skin base colour is yellow which is almost entirely washed red and covered with a thick bloom.
Characteristics: The flesh is white and crisp. Juicy and sweet with hints of strawberry.
Origins: A cross of Macoun with pollen from Jonathan developed in the 1950s by F. S. Howlett at the Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio (U.S.A.). Introduced in 1964.
Cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright. Tolerates Hardiness Zones 4 to 8.
Ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
Cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
Harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period.
Harvest period: 4
Type(s): Dessert
Hardiness Zone min: 4
Hardiness Zone max: 8
Pollination group: C
Pollination day: 10
ARS GRIN entry: Accession ID
Apples with a similar sounding name:
Hilde
Type: Cider
origins: Chance seedling found growing at the Cordes Nursery Wedel/Holstein (Germany).