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James Lawson
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size. Round and flattened. The skin colour is greenish yellow over which is a bright red blush covering the sun exposed surface and striped darker red. Only vague or no stripes on the shaded surface. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a narrow basin surrounded by an even crown. The stem is moderately thick and short, set in a funnel shaped cavity which is russetted with rays extending over the shoulder, sometimes onto the face.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained. Juicy, slightly sweet and somewhat sharp, balsam taste.
uses: Dessert
origins: Cellini x Gravenstein Kent 1918
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading spur bearer.
cold storage: Keeps three months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the last half of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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