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Rouville
- Origin: Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
- Cultivar name:
Rouville
- Breeder: R.L. Granger, G.L. Rousselle
- Author(s): R.L.
Granger, G.L. Rousselle
- Pedigree:
Introduced in 1983. 52-05-312 [Red Melba X 69-52 (Wolf River X M. atrosanguinea
804)] X McIntosh.
- Test code: Ottawa
627
- Tree
characteristics: very hardy, vigorous, upright-spreading, precocious, good
annual production.
- Flower characteristics:
- Fruit
characteristics: large, 70-80 mm diameter, oblate, symmetrical, somewhat
ribbed; skin: 75% red fruit with pale green-yellow ground color; flesh: white to cream,
juicy, slightly coarse texture; flavor: subacid with high sugar and tannin content;
quality: fair to good; end use: dessert, culinary, juice; ripens mid-August in
Frelighsburg (QC).
- Post Harvest,
storage: 2 months.
- Other
characteristics: Diseases and disorders: resistant to apple scab except
race 5 which never affects the fruit.
- 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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