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| Apple Norfolk Royal | Apple Pink Pearl | Apple Sweet Sixteen | Apple Etter's Gold | Apple Nuvar Golden Hills | |
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| Summary | A sweet old-fashioned apple, with a delicate melon flavour - very likeable | A pink-fleshed apple developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s. | Large, red striped fruit. Firm, crisp, aromatic flesh. Moderately acidic. | Medium to large, greenish yellow fruit ripening to a clear golden color. Excellent eating quality. Good for cooking. Flesh remains crisp and juicy even after months in storage. | A sweet juicy modern mid-season variety, based on Greensleeves but perhaps a bit sweeter. Colour is yellower than Greensleeves and sometimes has a pink tinge to it. |
Identification | Norfolk Royal | Pink Pearl | Sweet Sixteen | Etter's Gold | Nuvar Golden Hills |
| Fruit colour | Red / Orange flush | Red | |||
| Flesh colour | Pale Pink or Red | ||||
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Using | Norfolk Royal | Pink Pearl | Sweet Sixteen | Etter's Gold | Nuvar Golden Hills |
| Flavor | Average | ||||
| Flavour style | Sharper | ||||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | Very early season | Mid season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | ||||
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Growing | Norfolk Royal | Pink Pearl | Sweet Sixteen | Etter's Gold | Nuvar Golden Hills |
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| Vigour | Average growth | Weak growing | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 1 Flowers Very early season | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | |
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| Problems | Scab - Some resistance Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Some resistance | ||||
Other | Norfolk Royal | Pink Pearl | Sweet Sixteen | Etter's Gold | Nuvar Golden Hills |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United States | United States | United States | United Kingdom |
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