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Idajon
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size. Round conic, lightly ribbed. The base colour is yellow over which is a bright red flush and a pattern of darker stripes. The calyx is large and closed, set in a shallow and wide basin. the stem is medium long and slender, set in a wide, medium deep, russetted cavity. The skin is tough.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine-grained, crisp. Juicy and sweet.
origins: A cross of Wagener with pollen from Jonathan . Developed by Leif Verner at the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station in Moscow, Idaho (U.S.A.). Introduced in 1949.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keep two months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Moderately susceptible to powdery mildew and fire blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter half of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
flowers: White
hardiness: 3
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