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SJC8234-1
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Origin: Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
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Cultivar name: SJC8234-1
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Test Code: SJC8234-1
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Tree
characteristics: hardy,
upright-spreading, very tall, very vigorous;
leaves: elliptic, double serrate with fine teeth,
underside smooth, apex acuminate to cuspidate,
base cuneate to obtuse, length : width ratio 1.85,
petioles 2.5 to 3.5 cm long with small stipules
when young.
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Flower characteristics:
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Fruit
characteristics: Attractive,
medium size, average 138 g, conic to oblong-conic;
basin: deep; calyx: closed; cavity: very deep;
stem: medium length to long, medium diameter;
core: closed; carpels: 15 mm height, 18 mm width;
skin: solid red to dark red over creamy
orange-yellow ground, no russeting, very small
lenticels; flesh: firm, crisp, creamy-white, with
red dots around the core, slow to brown after
cutting; flavor: aromatic; ripens October 3 (Frelighsburg,
QC).
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Post Harvest, storage: after
2.5 months in cold storage: fruit quality is good,
fruit is firm; after 5 months in regular cold
room: fruit is moderately firm, acidity is low
(0.3484 %), soluble solids are average (11.6 %),
juice is orange salmon with a pink hue.
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Other
characteristics: Diseases
and disorders: not susceptible to water core and
bitter pit, resistant to apple scab.
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Adaptation & availability: Good
for Quebec and Eastern and Central Canada. A
limited number of budwood is available from the
breeder after signing a non-propagation agreement
(only to universities and research stations).
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