**2.28 Diseases**

Bacterial canker. Brown rot. Crown rot. *Cytospora* canker.

#### **2.29 Varieties**

*2.29.1 Santa Rosa*

Upright trees. Large purple crimson fruit. Amber coloured flesh. Prolific bearer. Very juicy fruit.

#### *2.29.2 Red Beauty*

Spreading tree. Medium-sized fruit; mix of red and yellow colour. Yellow-coloured flesh. Sterile pollens; require pollinizer. Early maturing variety.

#### *2.29.3 Mariposa*

Upright growing tree. Requires cross-pollination. Heart-shaped fruit. Skin: greenish yellow mottled with red. Red-coloured flesh. Good shelf life.

#### *2.29.4 Frontier*

Vigorous, upright, high yielding. Partially self-unfruitful. Red-purple-coloured large fruits. Red, firm, sweet flesh. Santa Rosa when used as pollinizer improves the yield.

### *2.29.5 Satluj Purple*

Bright crimson fruit; thick-skinned. Sweet taste.

Yellow-orange firm flesh. 13–14% TSS, 0.6–0.7% acidity. Self-unfruitful; requires Kala Amritsari as pollinizer.

### *2.29.6 Kala Amritsari*

Self-fruitful. Low spreading vigorous tree. Medium-sized, round fruits; dark brown coloured. Yellow flesh, moderately juicy. 15% TSS, 1.2% acidity. Yield will improve if pollinated with Titron.
