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William Peters
identification: Medium size and round. The base colour is greenish washed dull orang and marked with red striping. Frequently a network of red stripes extends down from the basin onto the face. The eye is medium large and open, set in a medium deep, funnel shaped basin. The stem is medium long and slender, set in a deep and medium narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse?grained, soft and tender. Sweet and brisk, intensely flavourful.
origins: NFC: Raised by Peters of Leatherhead, Surrey, England Recorded in 1917 in which year it received the Award of Meri from the Royal Horticultural Society.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Up to two months
harvest: In the first half of third period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D Day 13
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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