Biology:Sciros

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Short description: Apple cultivar
Sciros
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GenusMalus
SpeciesMalus pumila
Hybrid parentage'Gala' × 'Splendour'
Cultivar'Sciros'
Marketing namesPacific Rose™
OriginNew Zealand

Sciros (or Pacific Rose) is a cultivar of domesticated apple. This apple is mostly sweet with very little acidity, often compared to the 'Fuji' apple for taste, and keeps very well in storage.[1] According to Orange Pippin it is an attractive new late-season high-quality dessert apple, a hybrid between 'Gala' and 'Splendour' apples, mostly resembling the latter.[2]

Pacific Rose is a trademark administered by ENZA, the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board.[3] The licensing arrangement for this apple has been contentious, with Chilean apples marketed without approval.[4]

References

  1. Recipe Tips
  2. Pacific Rose at Orange Pippin
  3. Pipfruit: Plant & Food Research develops new apple and pear cultivars that excite consumers and provide added benefits to producers, Plant & Food Research; Rangahau Ahumara Kai, http://www.plantandfood.co.nz/page/our-research/breeding-genomics/key-crops/pipfruit 
  4. McKenna, M.K.L.; Murray, E.W. (2002), "Jungle Law in the Orchard: Comparing Globalization in the New Zealand and Chilean Apple Industries", Economic Geography 78 (4): 495–514, doi:10.1111/j.1944-8287.2002.tb00197.x 

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