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Marie-Madeleine
type: Dessert
synonyms: Marie Madeleine
identification: Medium size. Conic to oblong. Green, possibly with a faint blush on the sun exposed face. Abundantly marked with small, dark lenticels. The eye is small and partly open, set in a deep and narrow basin. The stem is medium stout and short, set in a deep and narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse grained, crisp. Sweet-sharp when first picked, but becomes sweeter and more flavourful and fruity in storage.
origins: ºle?de?France (France).
cultivation: Weakly vigorous, spreading tree.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in commercial storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the last half of the fourth period.
pollination group: F
pollination peak: 22
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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