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| Apple Jonathan | Apple Sunrise | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A classic American variety, and widely regarded as one of the best flavoured with a good sweet/sharp balance. A precocious and productive tree in US apple-growing regions. | One of the best early apple varieties, ripening in the UK in late August. | |||
Identification | Jonathan | Sunrise | |||
| Fruit colour | |||||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | White to Cream, pale yellow | |||
| Fruit size | Small | Small | |||
| Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | Short-round-conical | |||
Using | Jonathan | Sunrise | |||
| Flavor | Very good | Good | |||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sharper | |||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | ||||
| Cooking result | Textured puree | ||||
Growing | Jonathan | Sunrise | |||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Average growth | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Partially self-fertile | Flowering group 2 Self-sterile | |||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some susceptibility Scab - Very susceptible Mildew - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Very susceptible Woolly aphid - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible | ||||
Other | Jonathan | Sunrise | |||
| Country of origin | United States | Canada | |||
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