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Cherry
Bigarreau de Schrecken 
Apple
Newtown Pippin 
Apple
Rome Beauty 
Apple
Delicious 
Apple
Newton Wonder 
SummaryHeart-shaped. Firm, juicy. Good flavour.
Also known as Albermarle Pippin. Made famous by none other than Thomas Jefferson, who grew them in his orchard at Monticello. One of the first US apple exports to the UK.
An extremely attractive and productive red cooking apple, widely-grown in North America.
One of the most famous and important American apple varieties. The original Delicious has a flavor that many find superior to the numerous sports such as Red Delicious that have been developed from it.
A 19th century English cooking apple, still popular as a UK garden apple variety.

Identification

Bigarreau de Schrecken
Newtown Pippin
Rome Beauty
Delicious
Newton Wonder
Fruit colourBlack
Green
Red

Red / Green
Flesh colour
White to Cream, pale yellow
White to Cream, pale yellow
White to Cream, pale yellow

Fruit size
Variable
Very large
Small

Fruit shape
Flat
Round
Round-conical

Using

Bigarreau de Schrecken
Newtown Pippin
Rome Beauty
Delicious
Newton Wonder
Flavor
Very good
Good
Good
Good
Flavour style
Sharper
Sweet/Sharp
Honeyed / Scented
Sharper
Ripening periodEarly-Mid season
Mid season
Late season
Mid-Late season
Mid-Late season
Use/Keeping
3 months or more


3 months or more
Cooking result
Textured puree
Keeps shape

Puree

Growing

Bigarreau de Schrecken
Newtown Pippin
Rome Beauty
Delicious
Newton Wonder
Picking




Cropping
Heavy


Heavy
Vigour
Slightly large


Large
PollinationFlowering group 2
Flowers Early-Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 5
Flowers Late season
Self-fertile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skill
Average


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

Other

Bigarreau de Schrecken
Newtown Pippin
Rome Beauty
Delicious
Newton Wonder
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
United States
United States
United Kingdom
Other qualitiesAwards