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Apple
Sunrise 
Cherry
Noir de Guben 
Apple
Keswick Codlin 
Apple
Autumn Gold 
Apple
Esopus Spitzenburg 
SummaryOne of the best early apple varieties, ripening in the UK in late August.
Round-oblong. Very firm, very good flavour, juicy, good to very good quality. Stone medium, not free.
An old but ever-popular early-season English cooking apple.
Bright red blush over yellow-green. Keeps better than Golden Delicious.
One of the great American apple varieties, thought to be Thomas Jefferson's favourite. Noted for its spicy flavour, and for its susceptibility to any and every disease afflicting apples.

Identification

Sunrise
Noir de Guben
Keswick Codlin
Autumn Gold
Esopus Spitzenburg
Fruit colour



Red / Orange flush
Flesh colourWhite to Cream, pale yellow



White to Cream, pale yellow
Fruit sizeSmall



Variable
Fruit shapeShort-round-conical



Round-conical

Using

Sunrise
Noir de Guben
Keswick Codlin
Autumn Gold
Esopus Spitzenburg
FlavorGood



Exceptional
Flavour styleSharper



Sweeter
Ripening period
Early season
Early-Mid season

Mid-Late season
Use/Keeping1 week



3 months or more
Cooking result




Growing

Sunrise
Noir de Guben
Keswick Codlin
Autumn Gold
Esopus Spitzenburg
Picking




CroppingHeavy



Heavy
VigourAverage growth

Slightly small

Slightly large
PollinationFlowering group 2
Self-sterile
Flowering group 1
Flowers Early season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 2
Flowers Early-Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy



Some skill needed
ProblemsCanker - Some susceptibility
Fruit splitting - Some resistance
Canker - Very susceptible
Scab - Very susceptible
Fireblight - Very susceptible
Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility

Other

Sunrise
Noir de Guben
Keswick Codlin
Autumn Gold
Esopus Spitzenburg
Country of originCanada
Hungary
United Kingdom
United States
United States
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