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Willie Sharp
type: Cooking, Pie
synonyms: Willy Sharp
identification: The eye is small and partly open, set in a deep and funnel shaped basin which is surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is long and slender, set in a deep and funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, coarse grained, firm. Juicy and sweet.
uses: Cooking. Slices hold their shape for pies.
origins: New Zealand
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Produces heavy crops.
cold storage: Keeps two months.
harvest: Starting early in the third period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 9.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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