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Red Gem
type: Cooking, Dessert
synonyms: Batt’s Seedling. Also sometimes called Red Granny Smith which is also a synonym for Murray Gem as well as the XXXXsportGSXXXXX
identification: Medium to large, round conic. The base colour is yellowish green, washed bright red on the sun exposed face and marked with prominent light coloured lenticels. The eye is medium size and closed, set in a moderately deep and narrow basin. The stem is ??????????????.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, firm and tender. Juicy, sweet?sharp
uses: Cooking and dessert
origins: Granny Smith pollinated with Jonathan in Dwellingup, West Australia (Australia) introduced, 1961?
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
harvest: In the latter part of the fourth period.
notes: There is also a highly coloured red Granny Smith mutation known by this name.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 14
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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