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| Cherry Golden Sweet | Plum Castleton | Apple Greensleeves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Flesh firm. Used extensively for maraschino processing. | A good garden apple, with a pleasant but unexceptional flavour. | |||
Identification | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | ||
| Fruit colour | Yellow | ||||
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Using | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | ||
| Flavor | Good | Average | |||
| Flavour style | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Early-Mid season | Mid season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | 1 week | |||
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Growing | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | ||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Slightly large | Weak growing | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Partially self-fertile | Flowering group 3 Partially self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | ||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Fruit splitting - Some resistance | ||||
Other | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | ||
| Country of origin | United States | United Kingdom | |||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |