SJC8428-1 ( left photo) vs Gala (right
photo)
 Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada,
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.- Cultivar name:
SJC8428-1
- Test Code:
- Tree characteristics:
- Flower characteristics:
- Fruit characteristics: Fruit: very attractive, large,
conic, prominently ribbed
on body; basin: narrow, medium depth, crowned; calyx: lobes are persistent and
erect,
calyx tube is funnel shaped, stamens are in
 median position;
cavity: acuminate, deep, fairly narrow, russeted; stem: long, medium
diameter; core: medium size, open, in median
position, with clasping core lines which are not prominent;
carpels: elliptical, emarginate, smooth inside, a bit
unsymmetrical, abaxile; seeds: mainly plump with an
obtuse to acute tip to sometimes flattened on one or both sides, not
tufted; skin: medium thickness, stripped and mottled dark red (RHS 46A) on orangy-red to medium-red over a
yellow (RHS 8C) background, inconspicuous lenticels; flesh: firm, creamy white (RHS 155A),
with very low discoloration after cutting.
- Post Harvest, storage: after 2.5 months in cold storage, fruit skin is a bit
waxy, flesh is moderately juicy to dry.
- Other characteristics: Diseases and disorders: resistant to apple scab.
- Adaptation &
availability: Good for Quebec and
Eastern and Central Canada. No budwood is available from the breeder until further
testing.
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