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Shinko
type: Dessert
identification: Small, cylindrical and round, with flattened ends . The base colour is yellow washed bright red and marked with darker stripes which fade out toward the shaded face. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a shallow and somewhat narrow basin. The stem is very short and medium thick, set in a shallow and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, crisp. Juicy and sweet with a honeyed flavour.
origins: Raised in 1931 at the Aomori Apple Experiment Station in Japan from Ralls' Genet pollinated with Jonathan . Introduced in 1948.
cultivation: Vigorous
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: Produces heavy crops for picking late in the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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