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Cherry
Sutton's Purple 
Apple
Beacon 
Apple
Queen Cox 
Apple
Granny Smith 

 
SummaryRound. Fairly soft, not very juicy, subacid and sometimes a little bitter, becoming sweet and of fair quality.
Beacon is a bright red early-season apple with a soft flesh, noted for its cold hardiness.
A popular self-fertile sport of Cox's Orange Pippin, similar excellent flavour but slightly easier to grow.
The most instantly-recognised of all apples, and perhaps Australia's most famous export.

Identification

Sutton's Purple
Beacon
Queen Cox
Granny Smith

Fruit colourBlack
Red
Red / Orange flush
Green

Flesh colour


White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow

Fruit size


Medium

Fruit shape


Short-round-conical

Using

Sutton's Purple
Beacon
Queen Cox
Granny Smith

Flavor
Average
Exceptional
Very good

Flavour style
Sharper
Aromatic
Sharper

Ripening periodMid-Late season
Mid-Late season
Mid season
Mid season

Use/Keeping
1 week
1-2 months
3 months or more

Cooking result


Keeps shape

Growing

Sutton's Purple
Beacon
Queen Cox
Granny Smith

Picking




Cropping

Good
Heavy

Vigour
Slightly large
Average growth
Average growth

PollinationFlowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-fertile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-fertile
Gardening skill
Very easy
Some skill needed


ProblemsCanker - Some resistance
Fruit splitting - Some resistance
Fireblight - Very susceptible
Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility
Canker - Some susceptibility
Scab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility
Scab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility
Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Some resistance

Other

Sutton's Purple
Beacon
Queen Cox
Granny Smith

Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom
Australia

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