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Jamba 69
synonyms: Jamba
identification: Large. The skin is smooth with a slightly waxy feel. The base colour is greenish yellow maturing to cream, over which There is a bright red flush on the sun exposed face. Small, lightcoloured lenticels are most evident on the flush. The eye is half open to closed, set in a shallow almost non? existant basin surrounded by prominent puckering. The stem is moderately long and moderately thick, set in a shallow and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is pale green, moderately firm. Juicy and sweet and quite tart.
origins: Melba x James Grieve, Dr. E. L. Loewel, Obstbauversuchsanstalt Jork, near Hamburg, Germany, introduced, 1954
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, dome shaped form with weeping branches. The fruit develops on one year old wood. Grows best in partial shade and prefers temperate coastal climates.
cold storage: Keeps barely one month.
harvest: Early in the third period and into the early fourth. Problems:Somewhat susceptible to scab. Highly resistant to
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 3
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