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Jeffcoutts
type: Culinary, Dessert
synonyms: Marketed as Gemini. Note that there is also an Italian cultivar ( Gemini ) that goes by that name.
summary: A multipurpose apple that was bred in Canada for excellent cold hardiness. Sweet and crisp when first picked and lasts a good while in storage.
identification: Medium tending to medium-large size and round to round-conic. Base colour is greenish yellow maturing to pale yellow over which is a pink, often red-striped wash marked with abundant light-coloured lenticels. The calyx is medium large, partly open and set in a shallow, wide basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a narrow and somewhat shall cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Crisp. Juicy and moderately sweet with just a hint of tartness.
origins: Bred by Art Coutts of Unity, Saskatchewan (Canada), by crossing Norland with pollen from Minnesota 90 . Introduced by Jeffries Nurseries.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Upright spreading tree grows to about 10 metres on its own roots. Precocious.
mutations: Jeffred also known as Red Gemini
cold storage: Keep up to four months in storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to fire blight, .
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the third period. Apples tend to drop as they ripen.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 2
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