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Star of Devon
type: Dessert
identification: Small and round. The base colour is yellow washed red with darker stripes on the sun exposed face, The eye is medium size and partly open, set in a somewhat shallow basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white and soft. Juicy, sweet and faintly aromatic.
uses: dessert
origins: Devon UK 1905 NFC Raised by J. Garland, Broadclyst, Devon. Introduced by George Pyne, Topsham. Recorded in 1905 in which year it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs.
progeny: Cheddar Cross, Plymouth Cross
cold storage: Keeps up to five months.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 9.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 4
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