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Korona
identification: Medium tending to large. Round and flattened and angular with a distinct and prominently knobbed crown. The base colour is greenish yellow, but this is almost entirely, if not entirely, washed with a bright burgundy. Marked with faint light coloured lenticels. The stem is moderately long and slender, set in an open, funnel shaped cavity which is surrounded by well defined knobs. The eye is also surrounded by a knobbed crown XXXXXX.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, soft and melting. Juicy, sweet?sharp and aromatic. Does not keep well.
origins: Developed in 1952 by C. J. Bishop and L. E. Aalders, Kentvil Research Center in Kentville, Nova Scotia (Canada). The flow parent was a cross of Mother with Red Rome Beauty (identifie as 34?91?13) and the pollen parent was Scotia which stems from an open pollinated seedling of ?McIntosh. Following rigorous testing, the Korona was selecte by A.D. Crowe in 19 and the cultivar was introduced in 1987.
cultivation: Weakly vigorous, spreading. Precocious. Ready for harvest in the middle of the THIRD period.
ploidism: Self sterile.
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