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Shalimar
type: Dessert
synonyms: UEB 3374/2
summary: Bred in the Czech Republic by crossing Topaz and Golden Delicious, this cultivar is sweet and flavourful.
identification: Medium size, conic. Base colour greenish yellow to yellow over which is a reddish wash marked with vague striping.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Firm, crisp and juicy with good sweet-tang balance.
origins: Developed by Dr. Jaroslav Tupý at the Institute of Experimental Botany in Prague (Czech Republic) by crossing Topaz with pollen from Golden Delicious. Released in 2009.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading. Annual fruit production.
cold storage: Keeps four months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab, tolerant of powdery mildew.
harvest: Latter half of the fifth period. Flavours develop fully about a month after harvest.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
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