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September Ruby
type: Cider, Eating, Juice, Pie
synonyms: King of the North
summary: This multi-use, cold-hardy, sweet-tart apple is well suited to fresh eating and great for pie.
identification: Medium size and round. Greenish white base colour over which it is blushed brownish red.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white and crunchy, tart and juicy.
origins: A cross of Rescue crossed with pollen from Minnesota 90 developed Dr. C. R. Ure at the Morden Research Station, Agriculture Canada for the Prairie Fruit Breeding Cooperative (Canada). Introduced in 1986.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Bears fruit annually.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in cold storage
vulnerabilities: Moderately resistant to fire blight. Prone to mildew.
harvest: Over a span of several weeks starting in mid-season.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 1
hardiness: 2
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