Melfree

In PL – late Autumn

Fruits: large, spherical, slightly flattened, with delicate crowning around the calyx end

Harvest: 2-3 decade of September

Stores: 4-5 months in cold storage

Stalk

short

Calyx

large, semi-open

Flesh

cream

Brix : 12.0-14.0%

Flavour : acidic

Firmness : 6.5kG

Seed locules : moderately open

Titrable acids : 0.7-0.8%

About the cultivar

Origin: ‘Melrose’ x ‘Freedom’

Use : fresh market, processing

Vigour : medium

Tree habit : spreading

Winter hardiness : high

Disease resistance : scab - rvi6, mildew - high, fire blight - medium

Type of production : on spurs and long shoots