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Rouget
type: Cider
identification: Medium size, round. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is a red wash on the sun exposed face. Broad red stripes are visible on the wash, faint on the shaded face. The eye is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow and wide basin. The stem is short, medium thick and set in a moderately deep, narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, tender and crisp. Slightly sweet?tart and often astringent.
uses: A cider apple
origins: Cotes du nord, France
cultivation: Ready for Harvest: In the latter half of the third period.
cold storage: Less than a month
harvest: In the latter half of the third period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 13
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 3
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