Santana
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Scab-resistant Elstar descendant, often tolerated by apple-allergy sufferers.
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5🇳🇱 Netherlands 1978
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartcrispjuicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
Scab
Profile
- Parentage
- Elstar x Priscilla
- Breeder
- Wageningen / CPRO-DLO
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 180 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, red over green-yellow fruit with juicy, aromatic, Elstar-like flavour.
Growth
Medium vigour; carries the Vf scab-resistance gene (from Malus floribunda).
Yield
High; attractive for low-spray cultivation.
Notes
Marketed in the Netherlands specifically for people with apple allergy.
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