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King Albert
type: Cooking, Sauce
identification: Large, round, often with pronounced angular sides. The base colour is yellow washed red and marked with darker red striping in the sun exposed face, the striping fading into the base colour on the shaded side. The eye is small and tightly closed, set in a shallow and wide basin which is surrounded by an irregularly knobbed crown. The stem is short and somewhat stout, set in a deep, funnel shaped and russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm. Juicy and sweet.
uses: Cooking. Makes a yellow, bland sauce.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
harvest: In the middle of the second period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 10.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 2
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