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‘SILKEN’, ‘CRESTON’ AND ‘CHINOOK’: THREE NEW APPLES FROM CANADA

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538_128
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711 – 714
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Abstract
The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada apple breeding program at Summerland, BC, introduced three new apples in 1997: ‘Silken’, ‘Creston’ and ‘Chinook’. ‘Silken’ is an early-season, cream-coloured apple with a high lustre, ripening a few days before ‘Gala’. It will keep for eight to ten weeks in air storage. ‘Silken’ is highly precocious and annual bearing. ‘Creston’ is a mid-season, large, yellow-green apple with red stripes.
It is harvested at about the same time as ‘Jonagold’, but possesses greater firmness and storage quality in experiments. ‘Creston’ can be stored for two months in air, or four to five months in controlled atmosphere (CA) storage. ‘Chinook’ has very attractive pink-red fruit of medium size.
It is a late-harvest apple with excellent storage quality and shelf life.
All three of these new releases have scored well in texture and flavour in taste panels.

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Authors
C.R. Hamson, H.A. Quamme, R.M. MacDonald, W.D. Lane, K.O. Lapins
Keywords
Malus x domestica, varieties, cultivars, apple, sensory evaluation
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