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Mount Rainier
identification: Medium size. Distinctly conic, almost long conic. Greenish base colour. The sun exposed surfaces are washed purplish red with darker stripes. The eye is medium size and open, set in a shallow basin. The stem is medium thick and short, set in a medium deep cavity which is russeted with rays extending up onto the shoulder.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine?grained, crisp. Very sweet, sprightly and aromatic.
origins: Dutch 1929
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Ready for harvest: In the middle of the fourth period. Problems:Scab, canker, rust, mildew, blight
cold storage: Up to three months.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C Day 10
cold storage weeks: 12
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