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Mollie's Delicious
Raised in 1948 by G.W. Schneider, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, USA. Introduced in 1966. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a flavour similar to Golden Delicious.
Parentage: Golden Delicious X Edgewood x Red Gravenstein X Close
Flowering time:
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time: Late August
Size: large-very large
Shape: Truncate conical
Height: 72.62 mm
Width: 84.43 mm
Ribbing: strong-very strong
Crown: medium-strong
Ground Colour: Yellow
Over Colour: Red
Over Colour Amount: medium-high
Over Colour Pattern: striped/mottled
Russet: very low
Greasiness: Medium
Flesh Colour: Cream
Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk
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