Breeder, Place | Balsgard, Sweden |
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Parents | Giant x Yakima |
Property rights | free variety |
Blooming date | early |
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Fertility | self-fertile, pollination is beneficial |
Ripening time | medium, 7.-8. plum week |
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Scale, shape | very large, 50-55 mm, 80-100 g, ellipsoid |
Colour | 50 % purple reddish over colour, slightly speckled |
Fruit flesh | golden, finely textured, very juicy |
Taste | at full maturity spicy with balanced acidity, slightly sourish and firm skin |
Cracking sensitivity | low to medium |
Stone separability | freestone |
Storage | around 2 weeks in the cold storage possible |
Vigour | medium to strong, tendency to blind wood, poor branching in the nursery |
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Crop load | high and regular production |
The very large, attractive and well flavoured fruits have a high market value, especially in direct marketing. Uneven ripening necessitates at least 2-3 picks.