Bonifac

 

Height & Growth

Medium sized

Tree crown

dense, spherical canopy with a stout central 

Flowering

medium late flowering − blossoms at the same time as Alsószentiváni 117 kesei (their flowers are proterandrous)

Flowering type

Protogynous

Self fertile

 no

Pollination

Alsószentiváni 117 kesei

Terminal or Lateral

50%  Lateral  ( the 50%  of lateral buds fruits)

Fruiting

high productivity, earlier fruit bearing and higher productivity, than Alsószentiváni 117.

Fruit

very big > 14,5 gr. diameter 33-34 mm

Shell & pericarp

yellowish-brown, grooved, easy to crack and clean

Kernel

yellowish-brown, easily shelled, excellent taste

Harvest

second decade of October

Kernel %

medium 48%

Winter hardness

high

Frost susceptibility

late-frost resistant

Drought resistance

drought resistant

Sensitivity to bacterial blight and anthracnose

good resistance to anthracnose, slightly susceptible  to bacterial blight