Growth habit
Bearing habit
Chilling requirement
TREE CHARACTERISTICS
REMARKS
Spreading and vigorous
On spurs and young shoots
Medium (900 Infruitec units)
PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS
Harvest date
Production
Full bloom date
Pollinators
Storage ability
Late January
Good
Between Forelle and Packham’s Triumph
Forelle, Abate Fetel, Rosemarie, Flamingo
(depending on region)
Excellent at regular atmosphere for 12 weeks at 0˚C
(tested by Experico)
FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS
Shape
Size
Colour
Taste and texture
Lenticels
Stem length
Turbinate/ oblong-ovate-pyriform (egg-shaped)
Good (average size 170g/fruit)
Bright blushed skin (retains blush during heat waves)
Sweet, juicy with pear flavour, excellent eating quality
Conspicuous
Intermediate
PRODUCT GRADING
Product type
Attractive blush with good eating qualities
GENERAL
Partly funded by DFPT. The growth of trees is vigorous and was not tested on all dwarfing rootstocks e.g. BA29. Incompatible symptoms on C51 were noted on very sandy soil in Steteyn region. Nursery trees can show seasonal symptoms of blister bark, which has no effect on mature trees. Flower formation on BP1 rootstock was weak, but girdling shows very good results. Most flowers in clusters do set fruit, resulting in clustered fruit formation, which needs thinning.
* = Plant Breeders Rights: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij