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| Pear Alexandre Lambre | Apple Nova Easygro | Apple Sweet Alford | Apple Red Windsor | Apple Sapora | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A high quality dessert pear, developed by Belgian enthusiast Van Mons, with the classic buttery melting flesh. Ripens late and needs a warm climate for best results. | Fruit is large, oblate, 80% red stripe over greeninsh yellow ground. Stores well in cold storage. Flesh is snow white, firm, crisp, mildly sweet, slightly juicy. Slightly tough at picking but mellows in storage. Recommended for cooking, salads & eating fresh. | Fruit small-medium, pale yellow blushed pink. Sweet, juicy flesh. High quality. | A red sport of Alkmene, with the same strong Cox-style flavour, but with a distinctly different appearance. Also known as Sweet Lilibet. | A modern apple variety developed in France, related to Rubinette. |
Identification | Alexandre Lambre | Nova Easygro | Sweet Alford | Red Windsor | Sapora |
| Fruit colour | |||||
| Flesh colour | |||||
| Fruit size | Medium | ||||
| Fruit shape | |||||
Using | Alexandre Lambre | Nova Easygro | Sweet Alford | Red Windsor | Sapora |
| Flavor | Good | Very good | |||
| Flavour style | Aromatic | ||||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | 1-2 months | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Alexandre Lambre | Nova Easygro | Sweet Alford | Red Windsor | Sapora |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Good | |||
| Vigour | Slightly small | Slightly large | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 | Flowering group 2 Self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | ||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Average | |||
| Problems | Scab - Very resistant | ||||
Other | Alexandre Lambre | Nova Easygro | Sweet Alford | Red Windsor | Sapora |
| Country of origin | Belgium | Canada | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Germany |
| Other qualities |