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Thoday's Quarrenden
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, round. The base colour is golden yellow over which is a solid red wash that covers more than half of the surface. The eye is medium size and open set in a somewhat shallow, wide basin. The stem is short, slender, set in a medium deep, funnel shaped basin which is usually surrounded by a patch of russet.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, tender. Juicy and sweet, refreshing.
uses: dessert
origins: A wild seedling found by Ralph Thoday at Reedground Farm, Willingham, Cambridge in 1949. Devonshire Quarrenden ? (female) ? Unknown
cultivation: Weakly vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
harvest: Early in the fourth period. Problems:
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C Day 8
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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