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Suntan apple

Medium-large fruit, gold-yellow flushed and striped orange-red. Flesh yellowish-cream. Firm and fairly juicy. Flesh rather coarsely textured, crisp.

Last updated 23 Dec 2011.

Summary

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat
  • Origin: England, United Kingdom
  • Introduced: 1955
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 193700

Growing

  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Triploid: Yes
  • Poor pollinator: Yes

Suntan identification photos from official fruit collections


UK National Fruit Collection

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Suntan identification photos from website visitors



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Current rating: 4 out of 5. Total votes cast: 7
 

Visitor comments

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15 Jul 2011 N. BuckCAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom
The tree is slightly prone to canker and alos quite prone to powdery mildew. Early in the season the fairly large fruits suffer considerable damage from codling and sawfly maggots, although the pest attacks switch to other, more colourful, early-ripening varieties after a few weeks, so the whole crop is not generally lost. The mildew-prone tendency makes it unsuitable for dry regions, while the canker-prone tendency makes it unsuitable for wet regions. Not recommended unless it will be sprayed. I removed my (MM106/Suntan) tree and replaced it with a less troublesome variety.

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Fruit tree register

Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.

The following Suntan trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.

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Italy

  • Jan Huston in CASTEL D'AIANO, Provincia di BOLOGNA


Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2010 season

  • 8th May  2010  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

2009 season

  • 3rd May  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2010 season

    2009 season

    • October  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

Where to buy apples

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