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| Apple Sweet Bough | Apple Melrouge | Apple Ribston Pippin | Apple Pinova | Apple Dumelow's Seedling | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Medium-large green apple. Juicy, tender flesh, honeyed sweetness. | Redder sport of Melrose with more intense flavor. An excellent flavored dessert apple. Size is large and roundish flat. Very good for cooking. Stores well. | Famous Yorkshire apple variety, probably the parent of Cox's Orange Pippin. | An attractive yellow apple with a pink/orange flush. Crops heavily and stores well. Also known as Pinata. | One of the best cooking apples of the Victoria era. More correctly known as Dumeller's Seedling. |
Identification | Sweet Bough | Melrouge | Ribston Pippin | Pinova | Dumelow's Seedling |
| Fruit colour | Red / Orange flush | Yellow / Gold | |||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | White to Cream, pale yellow | |||
| Fruit size | Medium | Medium | |||
| Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | Round-conical | |||
Using | Sweet Bough | Melrouge | Ribston Pippin | Pinova | Dumelow's Seedling |
| Flavor | Exceptional | Very good | Good | ||
| Flavour style | Aromatic | Sweeter | Sharper | ||
| Ripening period | Mid season | Mid season | Mid-Late season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 3 months or more | |||
| Cooking result | Puree | ||||
Growing | Sweet Bough | Melrouge | Ribston Pippin | Pinova | Dumelow's Seedling |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | ||||
| Vigour | Average growth | Average growth | Slightly large | ||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile Blossom frost-resistance | ||
| Gardening skill | Average | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some resistance Scab - Some resistance Mildew - Some susceptibility | ||||
Other | Sweet Bough | Melrouge | Ribston Pippin | Pinova | Dumelow's Seedling |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | Germany | United Kingdom | ||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 | Awards 1993 |