Candide p.v.r.
Breeder : INRAE
Editor: CEP INNOVATION
The fruit
Ripening time
Same window as Goldrich, a few days after MALICE® Avikot
Shape and size
Globose fruit, big and homogeneous 3A size, average weight : 80 g
Attractiveness and coloration
Attractive bright orange skin
Eating quality
Good eating quality, very firm, fine and crunchy flesh; acidulated sweet and juicy
Evolution after harvest
Good in normal cold conditions
The tree
Vigour
Strong
Habit
Upright, easy to train
Flowering time
Late, abundant flowering
Pollinators
Self-fertile
Productivity
Highly regular
General appreciation
Orange self-fertile variety well adapted to Rhône valley and similar climates. Regularly productive, Candide is a very good substitute to MALICE® Avikot from which it has inherited the hardiness, with a bigger and firmer fruit