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Prince George
type: Cooking, Culinary, Sauce
identification: Large, round to round-flattened. Green, blushed brownish on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is small and closed, set in a medium-deep, somewhat narrow, lightly ribbed basin. The stem is short and somewhat stout, set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity. Develops some greasiness as it matures.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse-grained, firm, crisp. Very acidic.
uses: Cooking. Best used for apple sauce.
origins: Believed to be a cross of Lane’s Prince Albert with pollen from Peasgood’s Nonsuch . Raised by W.H. Divers of Surrey, England.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading.
cold storage: Up to two months
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 5
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