SJC7503-1
- Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
SJC7503-1
- Test Code:
- Tree
characteristics:
- Flower characteristics:
- 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.
- Post Harvest, storage: good shelf-life, after 4 months in regular cold room:
flesh is firm, crisp, juicy, taste is pleasant, aromatic and subacid.
- Other
characteristics: Diseases and disorders: not susceptible to storage
disorders.
- Adaptation &
availability: Good for Quebec and
Eastern and Central Canada. No budwood is available from the breeder until further
testing.
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