Heritage variety native to Visconti but discovered in Pennsylvania in the heart of Amish country, dating back to the 1870s. Introduced in the Seed Savers Yearbook of 1987.
Orange-red fruit of 120 to 240 grams, elongated plum shape. Depression with weak peduncular attachment.
It is not a paste type because the flesh is much too juicy. Fleshy red flesh juicy and sweet containing few seeds. S
It is rather good raw but it is in sauce and paste that it will be best used.
Foliage is not very abundant, beware of sunburn in hot regions.
Excellent productivity, +/-7 kg/plant. A certain tendency to burst.
Caracteristics
Caliber | Medium |
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Color | Red |
Form | Oval-Plum-Elongated |
Earliness | Late |
Climate | All |
Foliage | Régular |
Growing | Indeterminate |
Height | + or - 2m |
Origin | USA |