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| Apple Oriole | Apple Northern Spy | Apple Green Balsam | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | An early-season American apple from the University of Minnesota. | A widely grown American heirloom apple variety. The fruit is late ripening and stores well. | A 19th century variety grown in a small part of the county of North Yorkshire, and known as 'the farmer's wife's apple'. | ||
Identification | Oriole | Northern Spy | Green Balsam | ||
| Fruit colour | Green | Red / Green | Green | ||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Very large | ||||
| Fruit shape | Round | ||||
Using | Oriole | Northern Spy | Green Balsam | ||
| Flavor | Average | Very good | |||
| Flavour style | Sharper | Honeyed / Scented | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | Very-Late season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 1-3 days | 3 months or more | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Oriole | Northern Spy | Green Balsam | ||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Slightly large | Large | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 5 Flowers Very-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 2 Self-sterile | ||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Average | |||
| Problems | Fireblight - Very susceptible Woolly aphid - Very resistant Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility | ||||
Other | Oriole | Northern Spy | Green Balsam | ||
| Country of origin | United States | United States | United Kingdom | ||
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