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Otava
type: Dessert
summary: A compact, possibly scab resistant tree that produces good crop of sweet-sharp apples. A good choice for smaller orchard operations.
identification: Medium size, round with noticeable ribbing. Skin base colour is yellow, often with a rich, pink blush on the sun-exposed face.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained and firm. Juicy with a sweet-sharp flavour
origins: Developed in 1997 at the Institute of Experimental Botany in the Czech Republic from a cross of Šampion Šampion and Jolana .
cultivation: Small, compact growth habit. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces heavy harvests and needs annual pruning to reduce production and maintain fruit size.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in storage and at its best after about three weeks in storage.
vulnerabilities: Rated as genetically resistant to scab. Light susceptibility to mildew.
harvest: Middle of the fifth period
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
brix: 13.7
acidity: 8.4
harvest period: 5
sg: 1.0555
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