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Telstar
identification: Small to medium size, round. The base colour is golden yellow, washed red andmarked with darker stripes. The ey is medium size and open, set in a somewhat shallow and narrow, pleated basin. The stem is medium thick, medium long and set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream?coloured, coarse grained, firm. Juicy and very sweet with a bit of tartness and a honeyed flavour.
origins: — Golden Delicious x Kidd s Orange Red, 1934, J. Kidd, Grey town, Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand, named, 1965
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Heavy crops
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the first half of the fourth period. Problems:
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 13
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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