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Sinta

Dessert apple

Raised in 1955 at Canada Department Agricultural Research Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada by K.O. Lapins. Fruits have fairly firm, crisp, cream, juicy flesh.

Parentage: Golden Delicious x Grimes Golden

Flowering time:

5th May 10% flowering
10th May 
Full (80%) flowering
14th May 
90% petal fall

Picking time: Mid October

Shape: Globose

Ribbing: weak-medium

Crown: weak

Ground Colour: Yellow

Over Colour: Orange

Over Colour Amount: very low

Over Colour Pattern: washed out

Russet: low

Flesh Colour: Cream

Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk

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