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| Apple Nectarapple | Apple Arthur Turner | Apple Golden Supreme | Apple Limbertwig | Apple Limelight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Maroon skin colored apple with yellow undercolor. Skin is chewy like a nectarine, and displays unique cracking near the calyx lobe. Flavor and scent similar to a nectarine. | A well-known early season culinary apple. Cooks to a sweet puree. Grows easily in most situations. | Yellow with pink blush, medium to large fruit, ideally conic but often somewhat oblate. White to light-cream colored flesh is firm, moderately crisp, and juicy to very juicy. The flavor is sweet to mildly sweet and pleasant with little or no detectable acid. | Medium size and deep or dull red color. Flesh is yellowish, hard, aromatic. | Developed by UK apple breeder H. Ermen, based on the Greensleeves apple from East Malling Research Station. |
Identification | Nectarapple | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight |
| Fruit colour | Red | ||||
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Using | Nectarapple | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight |
| Flavor | Average | Good | Good | ||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sharper | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 2-3 weeks | 2-3 weeks | |||
| Cooking result | Puree | ||||
Growing | Nectarapple | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight |
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| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Slightly small | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Self-sterile | |||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Very easy | |||
| Problems | Scab - Some susceptibility | ||||
Other | Nectarapple | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight |
| Country of origin | United States | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom | |
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |