White Quarrenden
identification: Large, round to round conic with pronounced angular sides, often irregular. The base colour is greenish yellow over which is a red wash an d a pattern of close, darker red stripes on the sun exposed face. The eye is medium to large and partly open, set in a deep and narrow, irregular basin which is surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is medium long and medium thick, set in a deep and narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is soft sweet
origins: NFC Exhibited by Veitch, Exeter, Devon. Recorded in 1831
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Ready for harvest by the start of the first
cold storage: Keeps one month.
harvest: Over the span of several weeks starting in the second period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C Day 11
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 2
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