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Harvest & storage
- Ripening
- the fruit develop brown cracks that occur radially around the blossom scar at fruit maturity; radial cracks are an indicator of maturity.
Origin & family
Where NC-Sapphire began
Recorded origin
North Carolina
United States
- Institution
- North Carolina State University
NC-Sapphire’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
NC-Sapphire
North Carolina, United States
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Field notes
Original source notes
- ripeness cue
- the fruit develop brown cracks that occur radially around the blossom scar at fruit maturity; radial cracks are an indicator of maturity.cucurbitbreeding.wordpress.ncsu.edu ↗