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KAR4
type: Dessert
summary: Small, sweet and crunchy apples for eating out of hand.
identification: Small to medium size fruit, round. The skin base colour is yellowish green over which is a red blush and a pattern of faint yellow striping. The stem is thick and medium long, set in a medium deep and wide cavity. The calyx is small and closed, set in a medium deep and wide basin. Some russet can develop around the stem cavity, occasionally on the cheeks as well. Scattered, medium size lentils.
characteristics: The flesh is cream colour, moderately firm. Browns slowly on exposure to air.
origins: A cross of Paula Red with pollen from Nova Mac developed by Charles G. Embree at Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Kentville, Nova Scotia (Canada) in 1978.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on shoots and spurs
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab and somewhat resistant to mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest early in the fourth period.
pollination peak: 1
harvest period: 4
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