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Hazen

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in Mandan, North Dakota, USA by Neal S. Holland at the Department of Horticulture, North Dakota State University, Fargo, and USDA. Introduced in 1980. It was named after the nearby town Hazen and Dean Arlon Hazen, the Director of North Dakota Experiment Station. Fruits have fairly firm, slightly coarse, juicy flesh with a mild, subacid flavour. Said to be fairly resistant to Fireblight.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
30th April (10%) · 3rd May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose conical
Width
61.83 mm
Height
52.68 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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