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open-pollinated
Dwarf Champion
Also sold as: Champion Dwarf, New Dwarf Champion
Foundational late-19th-century tree-type dwarf with compact upright growth, pink medium fruit, tough skin and solid flesh.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 156 g (85–227 g)
- Days to maturity
- 80 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- Medium-high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Growing notes
- Historic tree-type dwarf suitable for close planting and containers. Use a short support despite the stiff stem, particularly when fruit clusters are heavy.
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