SJC8234-1
- Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
SJC8234-1
- Test Code:
SJC8234-1
- Tree
characteristics: hardy, upright-spreading, very tall, very vigorous;
leaves: elliptic, double serrate with fine teeth, underside smooth, apex acuminate to
cuspidate, base cuneate to obtuse, length : width ratio 1.85, petioles 2.5 to 3.5 cm long
with small stipules when young.
- Flower characteristics:
- Fruit
characteristics: Attractive, medium size, average 138 g, conic to
oblong-conic; basin: deep; calyx: closed; cavity: very deep; stem: medium length to long,
medium diameter; core: closed; carpels: 15 mm height, 18 mm width; skin: solid red to dark
red over creamy orange-yellow ground, no russeting, very small lenticels; flesh: firm,
crisp, creamy-white, with red dots around the core, slow to brown after cutting; flavor:
aromatic; ripens October 3 (Frelighsburg, QC).
- Post Harvest,
storage: after 2.5 months in cold storage: fruit quality is good, fruit is
firm; after 5 months in regular cold room: fruit is moderately firm, acidity is low
(0.3484 %), soluble solids are average (11.6 %), juice is orange salmon with a pink hue.
- Other
characteristics: Diseases and disorders: not susceptible to water core and
bitter pit, 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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