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Šampion
type: Dessert
synonyms: Sampion, Shampion, Szampion, sometimes Champion. Sometimes mistakenly called which is another Czech cultivar developed by crossing Golden Delicious with Lord Lambourne.
identification: Medium to large, round to round conic, often lop-sided. The base colour is greenish yellow, over which is a bright red wash that covers more than half the surface. Fades into pale red, broken striping on the shaded side. The calyx is medium size, partly open and set in a moderately deep and narrow basin. The stem is very long and set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, Juicy and sweet.
origins: Developed by crossing Golden Delicious with Cox's Orange Pippin. Developed in 1960 by Otto von Louda at Penecin, Bohemia (Czech Republic). Introduced in 1976.
cultivation: Weakly vigorous.
progeny: Rajka
cold storage: Keeps three months.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period. Minimal fruit drop.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile
cold storage weeks: 12
brix: 12.7
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
sg: 1.0513
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