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Lady's Finger
type: Cooking, Dessert
synonyms: Egg, Ladyfinger, Paradise Pippin, White Paradise (which see)
identification: Medium size, oblong. The skin is thick with a yellow background colour with broken red stripes on the sun exposed face. The lenticels are reddish on the shaded side, but mixed russeted brown and dark red on the sunny side. The stem is short and set in a round cavity which often has a fleshy swelling to one side.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tender, crisp and juicy. Sweet and well flavoured. Tends to become mealy within three weeks of harvest.
uses: Dessert apple also used for cooking.
origins: Cornwall (UK)
cultivation: Vigorous.
notes: A number of apple varieties are known as “Lady’s Finger including Api, Adams Pearmain, Kaighn, Lady s Finge of Lancaster, Smart s Prince Arthur and White Paradise. The impressively large and ribbed Lady s Fingers were also known as Hollow Core apples, as they feature a wide eye
ploidism: Self sterile.
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