Very old fixed variety, registered in the GNIS, and originating from the USA introduced in 1850, variety which was believed to be extinct and recently found in a seed bank.
Synonyms: White Beauty - Beauté Blanche - White Wonder - Weisse Schönheit - Merveille Blanche - White Snowball - White Apple.
Creamy white fruit of 100 to 450 grams and 10 cm in diameter. More or less flattened and ribbed shape, some fruits can be spherical and curved at the ends with a bulging umbilicus healed into a circle.
Fleshy and juicy flesh. Few seeds. Extremely sweet flavor due to high sugar content.
Caracteristics
Caliber | Big |
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Color | white |
Form | Beefsteak, Flattened |
Earliness | mid-season |
Foliage | Régular |
Climate | Cool |
Growing | Indeterminate |
Height | + or - 1.00m |
Origin | USA |