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Nico
type: Eating, Sauce
identification: Small tending to medium size. Long conic. Greenish yellow or yellow. The eye is small and partly open, set in a very shallow and very narrow basin. The stem is very long and slender, set in a shallow and wide cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured and crisp. Juicy and sweet sharp.
uses: Sometimes eaten out of hand when fully ripe, but mostly used for making a brisk and flavourful apple sauce.
origins: Raised by nurseryman Jo Nicolai, Belgium.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading tree. Ready for harvest: Starting early in the second period. Problems:Scab, canker, rust, mildew, blight
cold storage: Up to a month
pollination group: A
ploidism: Self sterile. Group A Day 0
cold storage weeks: 4
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