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Luke
type: Culinary
synonyms: Note that there is another apple under the same name which was developed at Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada).
identification: Medium size. Round tending to round-conic. Base colour green over which are bright red stripes, dense on the sun-exposed face, scattered on the shaded face. Small, light-coloured lenticels visible against the red markings. The stem is medium stout and short, set in a deep and narrow, lightly russetted cavity. The calyx is small, closed and set in a funnel shaped basin. Bruises easily.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish. Coarse-grained. tender Moderately juicy.
origins: Developed at the Rosthern Experimental Station in Rosthern, Saskatchewan (Canada), parentage unknown. Released when the experimental station closed in 1940 and subsequently tested at the Morden Research Station. Introduced in 1961.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Needs protection from wind. Tolerates Hardiness Zone 3.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to fire blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter half of the fourth period. Fruit holds to the branch even after maturity.
harvest period: 4
flowers: White, shaded pink.
hardiness: 3
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