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Köningin Juliana
type: Dessert
identification: Medium tending to large, round conic. The base colour is yellow, over which are orange patches and streaks. The skin is tough.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured. Sweet sharp, aromatic and flavourful.
origins: Reinette Rouge Étoilée crossed with Cox’s Orange Pippin in 1935 at Institut Voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands. Introduced in 1952.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spur bearer. Requires eight to 10 years before it starts to fruit on its own roots.
cold storage: Keeps two months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter half of the THIRD period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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