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MAC 2137
type: Dessert
synonyms: Marketed as Kinderkrisp
summary: An early ripening, small, sweet and crispy apple similar to Honeycrisp in its flavour profile. Intended for fresh market trade.
identification: Less that medium size, long-conic. The base colour is yellow washed orange and marked with bright red striping.The stem medium short and slender, set in a somewhat deep and wide cavity. The calyx basin is deep and funnel shaped. Small, round, light coloured lenticels are scattered abundantly across the surface. A pronounced bloom develops on the skin as the apples start to ripen.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured. Crisp and juicy, sweet. Aromatic. Slow to brown when exposed to air.
origins: A selection from among a number of open-pollinated seeds planted in 1998 by fruit breeder David MacGregor at his Fairhaven Farm, South Haven, Minnesota (U.S.A.). Patented 2015.
cultivation: Tall upright tree, vigorous until it starts to bear fruit and moderately vigorous from then on. Bears fruit on spurs.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cooled storage. Flavours fade when stored over-long.
vulnerabilities: Somewhat susceptible to apple scab and cedar apple rust.
harvest: Early in the fourth period, some seasons even late in the third.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
brix: 14
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 4
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