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Mercer
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, round. Green washed witha dark brownish red on the sun exposed face. Faint light?coloured spots. The eye is moderately large, partly open, set in a medium deep, wide basin. The stem is short and medium thickeness, set in a deep and narrow, lightly russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained, tender. Sweet tart with a fruity flavour. Keeps four months in cold storage.
uses: Dessert
origins: Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent
cultivation: Vigorous. Ready for harvest in the middle of the FOURTH period.
pollination group: F
pollination peak: 21
ploidism: Self sterile. Group F Day 21
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