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John Waterer
type: Culinary, Sauce
identification: Large, round conic. Greenish yellow. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is short and stout, set in a deep and funnel-shaped, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, fine-grained, firm and tender. Sweet and quite mild, and can be bland when grown in too cool a climate..
uses: Makes a tart, lemon-yellow sauce.
origins: Berkshire nfc: Introduced in 1920 by Waterer Sons & Crisp, Twyford, Berkshire.
cultivation: Weakly vigorous. Spur bearer. Slow to start bearing fruit.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months. Quite sharp at first, but mellowing in storage.
harvest: In the first half of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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