EARLY MOLLAR
Punica granatum cultivar
Syn.
Early Spanish Pomegranate
Origin
Spain
Type
Sweet, soft seeded
Description
Large, rounded fruit with basic cream skin blushed with pinkish-red. The arils are dark pink in colour and with small soft seeds. It is juicy and low in acid which makes it very sweet.
Ripens
From late March - It ripens two weeks earlier than "Mollar de Elche"
Uses
*Excellent for fresh eating or juicing.
Notes
Height and spread :+3m x+3m
*Very similar to "Mollar de Elche" but ripens two weeks earlier.
*One of the sweetest varieties in the world.
*Very popular in Europe and Spain were it originates from.
*The top export variety produced in Spain.
*Fruit has excellent storage ability.
*Has excellent quality, sweet taste.
*Tolerates light to moderate frost only.
*Vigorous, fastgrowing variety.
*Very productive, good bearer.
*Named after the town of Elche, in Valencia, Spain.
