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Jolibois
type: Cider, Dessert, Eating, Juice
synonyms: Alfred Jolibois, Joli Bois, Jolie Bois.
identification: Medium size and round to round-conic. The base colour is green over which is a dark red blush and some striping with a lilac blush at maturity. Abundant light-coloured lenticels. The calyx is large and tightly closed in a shallow, ribbed basin. The stem is short and stout, set in a narrow, moderately deep cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, firm, fine-grained. Sweet tart, with strawberry and vanilla flavours. Best flavours emerge toward the end of its storage period.
uses: A fragrant eating apple, also used for juice and cider.
origins: A seedling raised by nurseryman Alfred Jolibois prior to the 1940s at his nursery in the Gurgy region (France), southeast of Paris.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous and grows into a large, upright tree on its own roots. Has a tendency to produce biennial crops.
cold storage: Keeps five months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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