SJCA16R5A15
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- Origin:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
SJCA16R5A15
- Test code:
SJCA16R5A15
- Tree
characteristics: hardy, upright-spreading, moderately vigorous to
vigorous, fruit borne mainly along the branches, away from the trunk but not at the tip,
productive; leaves: elliptic, mostly serrate, sometimes double serrate, with large teeth,
underside hairy, apex cuspidate to acuminate, base obtuse, sometimes a little oblique,
length : width ratio 1.68, petioles 1.8 to 2.0 cm long with persistent small stipules.
- Flower characteristics:
- Fruit characteristics: size
varies from small to medium depending on the year, round-conic, prominently
 ribbed on body, a
bit lopsided in 50 % of fruit; basin: deep, narrow to medium
width, five-crowned and
wrinkled near calyx; calyx: mainly open but can be partially open, lobes are persistent
and erect, calyx tube is urn-shaped, stamens are in basal position;
cavity: acute, deep,
medium width, russeted; stem: mainly long but can vary from medium to very long, thin to
medium thickness; core: in distant position, closed to partially open, with meeting core
lines; carpels: height 15 mm, width 10 mm; skin: thin, dull, a bit waxy but without bloom,
yellowish-green to yellow with a faint pink blush on sunny side, russet spreads from the
cavity to make a fine smattering of dots and little lines all over the apple in 10 % of
the fruit, with a low number of very visible lenticels which tend to
russet; flesh: juicy, firm, melting, creamy-white with a tinge of
yellow, slow to brown after cutting; flavor: pleasant, slightly
acid, sweet; end use: good for fresh eating; ripens October 3 (Frelighsburg,
QC).
- Post Harvest,
storage: after 5 months in regular cold room: fruit is firm (pressure
test: 6.18 kg), acidity is average (0.5990 %), soluble solids are high (14.3 %), juice is
honey colored.
- Other
characteristics: resembles Golden Delicious, susceptible 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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