Werribee Park Heritage Orchard
Hoover
Hoover
Hoover
Price range: $5.00 through $35.00
Description
- Harvest: 1–2 weeks after Delicious. Heavy cropping, single fruiting; does not normally need thinning Large tall conical fruit. Attractive bright red striped, waxy, but colour in the middle of the tree can be pale; needs good light penetration for good colour. Late summer pruning can help colour. Creamy, well-flavoured flesh; very fine taste, rough texture, crisp and juicy V2 Vigorous, Flowering Group 3 More suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer 2, more suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer
- Pollination: Mid-season. Granny Smith, Delicious. Triploid variety, so will not reciprocate with pollen for pollinator variety. Red strains flower at the same time but will not cross-pollinate each other High Chilling requirement
- Origin: Golden Delicious × Jonathan, 1943, released 1968, Geneva, New York, USA
Additional information
| Product Type | Scion, Tree |
|---|---|
| Origin | USA |
| Product Year | 1856 |
| Harvest | L |
| Uses | Cooking, Eating |
| Flowering Group | 4 |
| Cooking Uses | Baked, Sauce |
| Description | 1943, but colour in the middle of the tree can be pale; needs good light penetration for good colour. Late summer pruning can help colour. Creamy, crisp and juicy V2 Vigorous, Delicious. Triploid variety, Flowering Group 3 More suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer 2, Geneva, JONAGOLD APPLE Harvest: 1–2 weeks after Delicious. Heavy cropping, more suitable for cool climate. Espalier. Spur bearer Pollination: Mid-season.Granny Smith, New York, released 1968, rough texture, single fruiting; does not normally need thinning Large tall conical fruit. Attractive bright red striped, so will not reciprocate with pollen for pollinator variety. Red strains flower at the same time but will not cross-pollinate each other High Chilling requirement Origin: Golden Delicious × Jonathan, USA, waxy, well-flavoured flesh; very fine taste |