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Origin: Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
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Cultivar name: SJC666
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Test Code: SJC666
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Tree
characteristics: hardy,
upright-spreading, very weak to weak vigor;
leaves: lanceolate, serrate, sometimes double
serrate, underside hairy, apex acute, base
obtuse, length : width ratio 1.85, petioles
are heavily pigmented and 1.5 to 3.0 cm long.
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Flower characteristics:
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Fruit
characteristics: attractive,
size varies from medium to large, weight from
109 to 185 g, not symmetrical, oblate-conic,
can be vaguely ribbed in some fruit; basin:
downy, medium depth to deep, narrow, ribbed to
puckered like Spartan; calyx: mainly closed to
sometimes partly open, lobes are persistent
and erect, calyx tube is conical, stamens are
in median position; cavity: acute, medium
depth and width, is slightly russeted in 75 %
of fruit; stem: very variable, mainly short to
medium length, sometimes long, thin to medium
diameter, with anthocyanin pigments; core:
position is slightly distant, closed to partly
open, with clasping core lines; carpels: 15 mm
height, 17 mm width; skin: medium thickness,
washed dark red fading to slightly paler red
on side away from sun, over green ground,
average amount of bloom, very conspicuous
lenticels which are russeted on some fruit;
flesh: juicy, firm, crisp, coarse texture,
greenish-white, with red dots around the core,
is somewhat subject to browning after cutting;
flavor: slightly aromatic, a bit bland, makes
good tasting juice; end use: good to very good
for fresh eating, good to satisfactory yield
of juice; ripens October 6 (Frelighsburg, QC).
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Post Harvest,
storage: after
2 months in cold storage: fruit quality is
good to very good, taste and aroma are good,
after 4.5 months in regular cold room: fruit
is firm (pressure test: 6.16 kg) and has
retained a good to very good eating quality,
taste is subacid and moderately sweet, acidity
is low to average (0.4556 %), soluble solids
are average (12.2 %), juice has a nice colour
(salmon with a light orange hue).
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Other
characteristics: Diseases
and disorders: apple scab resistant, resistant
to bitter pit and water core.
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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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