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| Cherry Rockport Bigarreau | Apple Elstar | ||||
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| Summary | Heart-shaped. Soft, very sweet, juicy, good to very good quality. Stone medium. | One of the best Golden Delicious offspring, the sweet/sharp flavor is more reminscent of Cox's Orange Pippin. | |||
Identification | Rockport Bigarreau | Elstar | |||
| Fruit colour | Red + Yellow | ||||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Medium | ||||
| Fruit shape | Round | ||||
Using | Rockport Bigarreau | Elstar | |||
| Flavor | Exceptional | ||||
| Flavour style | Honeyed / Scented | ||||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | ||||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Rockport Bigarreau | Elstar | |||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | ||||
| Vigour | Slightly small | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Self-sterile | |||
| Gardening skill | Average | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some susceptibility Fruit splitting - Very susceptible | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Some susceptibility | |||
Other | Rockport Bigarreau | Elstar | |||
| Country of origin | Italy | Netherlands | |||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |