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Oranje de Sonnaville
type: Dessert
identification: Medium tending to large, round and often somewhat conic. The yellow base colour is washed and striped bright red on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is medium size and partly open, set in a medium deep and somewhat narrow basin, surrounded by a large patch of cinnamon russet. The stem is short and medium thickness, set in a somewhat deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured and coarse-grained. Sweet and aromatic.
origins: A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin and Jonathan , developed in the mid-1900s by Piet Sonnaville at the Fruit Research Station in Wilhelminadorp, Netherlands. Released, 1971.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up about one month in storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to canker.
harvest: Ready for harvest early in the fourth period.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 18
ploidism: Triploid. Produces no viable pollen for itself nor other apple trees.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
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