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Tun Apple
type: Dessert
identification: Medium tending to large. Round to round conic. Skin base colour is light green over which is a pale red flush and patches of russet.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Sweet and modestly flavoured.
origins: Likely originated before 1800 in the U.K. and first documented in 1850.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: Over several weeks starting late in the fourth period.
notes: Tun is an old English term for hamlet or village.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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