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Shakespeare
identification: Medium, round and narrowing slightly toward the eye. the skin is dark green over which is a brownish red flush on the sun exposed face, lalso a few broken dark stripes. The stem is short and slender, set in a deep cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, firm and crisp. Juicy and brisk.
uses: deswsert
origins: Warwickshire UK 1800 Raised by Thomas Hunt, of Stratford on Avon from the seed of an open pollinated ??Hunt s?? Duke fo Gloucester. Named in honour of Stratford s most famous bard, William Shakespeare.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in cold storage.
harvest: In the first half of the fourth period.
notes: Listed by Robert Hogg as Shakespere
pollination group: F
pollination peak: 21
ploidism: Self sterile. Group F. Day 21.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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