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Ambrosia
Medium to large in size. The taste is sweet, the flesh is crisp, juicy and aromatic. Skin color is cream/yellow ground with distinctive 25 to 80% bright pink/red blush over-color and broad faint stripes. The flesh is white to cream in color. The fruit is very clean.
| Maturity Season: | Early to mid October in BC. |
| Harvest Criteria: | Harvest by starch conversion only. Conversion charts are available. Do not use color as a harvest indicator. Starch in the fruit of Ambrosia® converts at about 1.5 units per week. |
| Fruit Description: | Medium to large in size. The taste is sweet, the flesh is crisp, juicy and aromatic. Skin color is cream/yellow ground with distinctive 25 to 80% bright pink/red blush over-color and broad faint stripes. The flesh is white to cream in color. The fruit is very clean. |
| Tree Description: | Moderately vigorous, and very productive and precocious. Tree is very upright and spurry. Growth in the first year after budding or grafting can be slow. Well suited to super spindle plantings. |
| Bloom: | Flowers about middle to late in the blossom season. |
| Production: | Productive and precocious. Needs prompt and adequate thinning to ensure fruit size. One to two picks. |
| Advantages: | The fruit is easy to harvest and packs well. Release of the variety in the world will be under controlled planting and production agreements. |
| Disadvantages: | Short harvest window. A high percentage of the fruit is from young trees. |
| Storage: | Moderate storage life in air and CA. |
| Comments: | Over-cropped trees or trees treated with excessive nitrogen result in poor colored fruit. Growers are urged to contact SVC when deciding to plant this variety. |
