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Shoesmith
type: Cooking, Sauce
synonyms: H. Shoesmith
identification: Large, round conic. Golden yellow, blushed pale red on the sun exposed face and marked with scattered brown spots. The eye is small and closed. set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is very long and slender, set in a deep and funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white with green tinges, soft. Very juicy.
uses: Cooking. Makes a lovely sweet?tart apple sauce.
origins: Surrey UK 1930 Lane’s Prince Albert, Golden Noble George Carpenter— Lane s Prince Albert x Golden Noble, E G. Carpenter, Byfleet, Surry, England, exhibited, 1930 NFC Raised by George Carpenter at Byfleet, Surrey, England. First exhibited in 1930.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces fruit every other year
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the first half of the second period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 14.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 2
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