Pitmaston
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7Taste & characteristics
Taste
Susceptibility & resistance
Profile
- Parentage
- Duchesse d'Angoulême × Glou Morceau
- Breeder
- John Williams
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very juicy, very tender and melting, harmoniously fine wine-acidic, mildly sweet and delicately spiced.
Growth
Initially moderate to strong growth. Fruit wind-firm until tree ripeness, then dropping.
Yield
Cropping starts mid-early and later becomes high and regular.
Notes
For orchard, garden and espalier up to 350 m; as espalier also worthwhile at 350-450 m. Widely plantable on warmer, sheltered, well-aired sites; on light sandy soils supply nutrients and water regularly. Tree-ripe late September to early October, ready to use October, keeps 3-4 weeks.
Care
On sandy soil feed and water evenly; harvest in time, as the fruit drops after tree ripeness.
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