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Luresweet
type: Dessert
summary: A red-fleshed apple bred in Switzerland for its eating quality.
identification: Medium size, conic to round-oblong. The stem is long. The calyx is small and usually closed, set in ribbed, moderately deep basin. Thick skin.
characteristics: Firm. Moderately juicy. Sweet-tart.
origins: A cross of two experimental varietals -- LubA688 as the flower parent and LubA275 as the pollen parent --
developed in 2006 by ?????? in Buchs (Switzerland) as part of a planned breeding programme to develop red-fleshed apples with improved eating qualities.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in commercial storage facilities.
vulnerabilities: Shows some resistance to scab.
harvest: Starting early in the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
brix: 14
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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