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SJC658
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- Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
SJC658
- Test Code: SJC658
- Tree
characteristics: hardy,
upright-spreading to spreading, vigorous; leaves: elliptic, double serrate, underside
hairy, apex cuspidate, base obtuse, length : width ratio 1.6, petioles 3.0 to 3.6 cm long
with long stipules when young.
- Flower
characteristics: Flowering starts 3 days before McIntosh in Frelighsburg.
Unopened flowers are medium pink(RHS 66B); full balloon stage and the flowers are
single.The long conic petals are free and mainly white with irregular patterns of pink
(RHS 74C and 70D); the pedicels are green.
- Fruit
characteristics: medium size, average 131 g, round-conic to oblate-conic,
lopsided, a bit angular; basin: very narrow to narrow, medium depth to deep, with ridges;
calyx: closed to partly open, small, lobes are persistent and erect to recurved, calyx
tube is funnel shaped to conical, stamens are in basal to median position; cavity:
acuminate, deep to very deep, medium width, lightly russeted; stem: medium length to long,
small to medium diameter, sometimes with anthocyanin pigments; core: open, in median to
distant position, meeting core lines are only slightly visible; carpels: 20 mm height, 27
mm width; skin: medium thick, a bit tough, no bloom, a bit waxy on very ripe fruit,
lightly blushed red on sun side over yellow to greenish-yellow ground, lenticels are
surrounded by red and are conspicuous on blushed side only; flesh: juicy, firm, yellowish-
to greenish-white, with a very low level of browning after cutting; flavor: aromatic, not
acid, average sugar content, makes satisfactory tasting juice; end use: satisfactory yield
of juice, good for sauce, acceptable for slicing, good for fresh eating; ripens September
30 (Frelighsburg, QC).
- Post Harvest,
storage: keeps well until January, after 2.5 months in cold storage, fruit
quality is good, taste is average to good with a good aroma, fruit is firm; after 5 months
in regular cold room: fruit is fairly firm (pressure test: 5.17 kg) and of average to good
eating quality, flesh is juicy with a slightly granular texture, acidity is average
(0.5079 %), soluble solids are average (12.1 %), juice is a good colour (pale
greenish-yellow).
- Other
characteristics: Diseases and disorders: scab resistant, not susceptible
to storage disorders.
- 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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