Origin: in Rehovot, Israel, by Chanan Oppenheimer. Introd. in 1967. F2 selection (Calville St. Sauveur × Damascus) × Delicious. Tree: low, widespread, making harvest easy; bears on spurs and on 1-yearold branches; very productive; bears in third year; blooms end of February until beginning of March. Michal is a Hebrew girl’s name meaning brook. Fruit: medium size, 60 to 70 mm; round with deep cavity; skin yellow ground cover one-quarter covered light red; flesh juicy, firm, subacid, aroma and texture good, flavor of Jonathan group; keeping quality good; keeps at room temperature at least 2 weeks, becoming sweeter; in cold storage at least 2 months; ships well; ripens middle of June to end of July.
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