Apple "Ambrosia"

Ambrosia

(Mennel’s Ambrosia, USPP10789P)

‘Food of the Gods’

            [Acid-low; Sugar-medium-high; Tannin-low]

Eating, Culinary, Baking

Sweet, Subacid

Physical Attributes:

• Shape: Medium to large, conical, slightly ribbed
• Skin: Creamy white with a red blush
• Flesh: Fine-textured, crisp and juicy, slow to brown

Flavour:

            Floral, honeyed, perfumed aromas with a distinctive, sweet, tropical flavour with hints of banana. Pleas

Neat History:

            The Ambrosia apple was discovered right here in the Similkameen Valley, BC, only a few km away from our nursery. A favourite among the farmhands at Wilfred and Sally Mennell, the chance seedling has reached international success.

Growing Attributes:

• Precocity: Early
• Vigour: Average, upright, spurs along trunk
• Disease Tolerance: Below average
• Zone Hardiness: 4 (Map Link)
• Pollination Group: IV (Chart) (Diploid, Self-Sterile)
• Cropping: Biennial tendency, descript crop
• Picking Season: Mid September
• Storage: 1-2 months
• Special Care: Spur-bearing, brittle branches

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