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Murray
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, greenish yellow base colour, flushed and striped red.
characteristics: The flesh is white, soft and fine-grained. Juicy and sharp.
origins: Developed at Agriculture Canada’s Smithfield Experimental Farm in Trenton, Ontario (Canada), by crossing McIntosh with 52-05-26 (Red Melba x PRI 69-52). Tested as Ottawa 628 and released in 1978 as Murray.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading tree. Best suited for home garden and small hobby orchards.
cold storage: Keeps for up to two months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to most diseases. Susceptible to quince rust.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the second half of the fourth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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