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Pigeonnet
type: Eating
synonyms: Pigeonette, American Peach
identification: Medium tending to small, oblate. The skin base colour is pale greenish yellow which is entirely washed red with darker stripes on the sun exposed face. The shaded face has pale red stripes with the base colour showing through. The stem is short and thick, set in a shallow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm. Sharp. Does not keep well.
uses: An eating apple.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous
vulnerabilities: M
harvest: Late in the fourth period.
notes: Pigeonnet is also a synonym for Pigeon and Pigeon Rouge, but these are not the same variety.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 12
harvest period: 4
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