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SJC7503-1
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Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food
Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
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Cultivar name:
SJC7503-1
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Test Code:
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Tree characteristics:
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Flower characteristics:
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Fruit characteristics:
attractive, small, short round-conic, a bit lopsided,
regular to elliptical cross-section; basin: medium depth
and width, surface is very slightly ridged; calyx: open,
lobes persistent and erect to recurved, calyx tube is
funnel-shaped, stamens are in basal position; cavity:
acute to obtuse, medium depth and width, russeted; stem:
very short to medium length, large diameter and knobby at
the end; core: medium size, closed to partly open, in
distant position, with prominent clasping core lines and
prominent green core dots; carpels: heart shaped, axile
and symmetrical, distal end is emarginate, insides are
smooth; seeds: a bit flattened, not tufted, with an obtuse
to acute tip; skin: smooth, medium thickness, washed dark
red on sunny side fading at the edges over a
greenish-yellow background, low number of medium size to
large lenticels which are fairly conspicuous; flesh:
creamy white, low level of discoloration after cutting;
ripens second week of September in Frelighsburg, QC.
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Post Harvest, storage:
good shelf-life, after 4 months in regular cold room:
flesh is firm, crisp, juicy, taste is pleasant, aromatic
and subacid.
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Other characteristics:
Diseases and disorders: not susceptible to storage
disorders.
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Adaptation & availability:
Good for Quebec and
Eastern and Central Canada. No budwood is available from
the breeder until further testing.
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