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Shockley
type: Eating, Jelly, Pie
synonyms: Dixie, Horse Bud, Sweet Romanite, Waddell Hall
identification: Small tending to medium size and sometimes even large, round conic. The skin is smooth and tough. The base colour is pale greenish-yellow washed crimson on the sun-exposed faces. Reddish stripes on the shaded faces. Yellowish lenticels are scattered over the entire apple. The stem ranges from medium to long, slender and set in a somewhat deep and narrow, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp. Juicy, sweet with rich flavours.
uses: This is primarily a fresh-eating apple, but can also be used to make a flavourful jelly. Excellent in apple pies.
origins: Found as a fruiting tree by Gideon Shockley of Jackson County, Georgia (U.S.A.) at a cemetery while attending a funeral. Finding some fallen apples under the tree, he tasted one and liked it. The story fancifully suggests that Shockley snapped off a branch and planted it in his garden where it grew and continued to produce apples.
Introduced at the 1852 Georgia State Fair.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright. Produces annual harvests. Well suited to mild climates.
cold storage: A legendary keeper said to have kept for two years. More reasonably, it can be expected to keep for seven months.
vulnerabilities: Prone to apple rust.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the fifth period.
notes: This is an exceptional pollinator for other apple trees in the vicinity. Heavily scented with an abundance of pollen to attract bees.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 28
harvest period: 5
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