Variety sheet
Ambrosia
Fruit Ambrosia
Origin
Chance seedling found by Sally Mennell in a mixed orchard with Golden and Red Delicious which was further grafted in 1991, British Columbia, Canada
Synonyms
keine
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity low, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 0-2 Week after Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: large, frustum conoid, ellipsoid 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour yellow; Overcolour red, washed out, mottled; high (75%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 7,3-7,9 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 12,5-13,0 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 3,1-4,0 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 259,7 ± 70,5 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 51,0 ± 6,4 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 287,6 ± 60,6 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 85,0 ± 2,6 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 15,9 ± 4,8 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 1,4 ± 0,2 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 1,0 ± 0,3 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 3 Months 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: yield high  
Stability of the colour: average oxidation after juice production 
Sugar content: 12,8 °Brix 
Acid content: 2,1 g/L MA 
pH: 4,11 
Total content of Polyphenols: 17,5 ± 0,2 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 27,1 ± 1,3 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 1,31 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties