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Ambrosia (apple)
Ambrosia is a cultivated variety or cultivar of apple originating in Canada in the early 1990s. The original tree was first cultivated by the Mennell family of Cawston, British Columbia, who discovered it growing from a chance seedling in their orchard. It is named after the mythical food of the Greek gods.
Its colour, juice content, sweetness, and overall flavour have made the Ambrosia one of the most purchased apples in numerous countries.
The Ambrosia apple tree has an upright growth pattern, varying on soil quality, rootstock, environment, and management. The tree develops lateral branches, requiring pruning to maintain vigour and fruit size. In the first two years of growth, significant tree training is needed to assure well-angled fruiting branches and productivity.
Ambrosia apple trees are suitable for dense planting, have high yields, and require little pruning during the winter.
The fruit is medium to large, 6.8–7.5 cm (2.7–3.0 in) in diameter, weighing about 215 grams (0.474 lb), and has mostly red, glossy colouration, with yellow patches. It has cream-coloured, firm, juicy texture, with a sweet flavour reminiscent of pear and low acidity, with the flesh resisting oxidation, making it suitable for salads and fresh fruit displays. These apples flower in the mid-to-late blossom period, and are harvested in mid-to-late season (mid-September in its native Similkameen Valley of British Columbia; September–October in Ontario, mid-October in Quebec).
Ambrosia apples produce a low amount of ethylene, not displaying the usual climacteric rise at harvest. Accordingly, internal ethylene concentrations do not indicate accurate fruit maturity, whereas skin colour and starch staining charts are commonly used for optimal harvest and standardization of fruit quality.
Orchard irrigation conditions appear to be a factor causing soft scald and reduced quality of Ambrosia apples during storage.
Derived from a chance seedling, the Ambrosia is suspected to be a cross of the Starking Delicious and the Golden Delicious because those apples existed in the orchard where the Ambrosia was discovered growing.
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Ambrosia (apple)
Ambrosia is a cultivated variety or cultivar of apple originating in Canada in the early 1990s. The original tree was first cultivated by the Mennell family of Cawston, British Columbia, who discovered it growing from a chance seedling in their orchard. It is named after the mythical food of the Greek gods.
Its colour, juice content, sweetness, and overall flavour have made the Ambrosia one of the most purchased apples in numerous countries.
The Ambrosia apple tree has an upright growth pattern, varying on soil quality, rootstock, environment, and management. The tree develops lateral branches, requiring pruning to maintain vigour and fruit size. In the first two years of growth, significant tree training is needed to assure well-angled fruiting branches and productivity.
Ambrosia apple trees are suitable for dense planting, have high yields, and require little pruning during the winter.
The fruit is medium to large, 6.8–7.5 cm (2.7–3.0 in) in diameter, weighing about 215 grams (0.474 lb), and has mostly red, glossy colouration, with yellow patches. It has cream-coloured, firm, juicy texture, with a sweet flavour reminiscent of pear and low acidity, with the flesh resisting oxidation, making it suitable for salads and fresh fruit displays. These apples flower in the mid-to-late blossom period, and are harvested in mid-to-late season (mid-September in its native Similkameen Valley of British Columbia; September–October in Ontario, mid-October in Quebec).
Ambrosia apples produce a low amount of ethylene, not displaying the usual climacteric rise at harvest. Accordingly, internal ethylene concentrations do not indicate accurate fruit maturity, whereas skin colour and starch staining charts are commonly used for optimal harvest and standardization of fruit quality.
Orchard irrigation conditions appear to be a factor causing soft scald and reduced quality of Ambrosia apples during storage.
Derived from a chance seedling, the Ambrosia is suspected to be a cross of the Starking Delicious and the Golden Delicious because those apples existed in the orchard where the Ambrosia was discovered growing.
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