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- Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
SJC686-1
- Test Code: SJC686-1
- Tree
characteristics: hardy, spreading, moderately vigorous, productive;
leaves: cordate to elliptic, with small teeth, double serrate, underside slightly hairy,
apex cuspidate, base obtuse to slightly cordate, sometimes a little oblique, length :
width ratio 1.47, petioles 2.0 to 3.0 cm long with small stipules when young.
- Flower characteristics:
- Fruit characteristics: medium size, average 125 g, variable shape, oblate-conic
to round-conic, slightly ribbed on body, often lopsided; basin: medium depth and width, a
little wrinkled, with light russet dots around calyx; calyx: mainly open, sometimes only
partly open, lobes are persistent and erect, calyx tube is funnel-shaped, stamens are in
basal position; cavity: deep, medium width, acute to acuminate, russeted; stem: short to
medium length, medium diameter; core: partially open, in median position; carpels: 17 mm
height, 14 mm width; skin: thick, washed light red to dark red fading at the edges with
some striping and blotches over greenish-yellow ground, average amount of bloom, high
number of conspicuous white lenticels; flesh: moderately juicy, firm, white, a little
green near the core; flavor: good; end use: good for fresh eating; ripens October 6
(Frelighsburg, QC).
- Post Harvest,
storage: after 2 months in cold storage: fruit quality is good, taste and
aroma are good; after 4.5 months in regular cold room: fruit is firm (pressure test: 5.92
kg), flesh is melting with a slightly granular texture, taste is fairly acidic (0.6459 %)
and sweet (soluble solids are 13.8 %), juice is pale brown and opaque.
- Other
characteristics: Diseases and disorders: not subject to bitter pit and
water core, somewhat susceptible to scald, resistant to apple scab.
- 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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