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| Cherry Caroon | Apple Rubens | Cherry Golden Sweet | Plum Castleton | Apple Greensleeves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Long heart-shaped. Soft, a little fibrous, juicy, good quality. Stone large. | An attractive modern apple from Italy which is now being promoted in European supermarkets. | Flesh firm. Used extensively for maraschino processing. | A good garden apple, with a pleasant but unexceptional flavour. | |
Identification | Caroon | Rubens | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves |
| Fruit colour | Dark Red | Yellow | |||
| Flesh colour | |||||
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| Fruit shape | |||||
Using | Caroon | Rubens | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves |
| Flavor | Good | Average | |||
| Flavour style | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp | |||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | Early-Mid season | Mid season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 1 week | 1 week | ||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Caroon | Rubens | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Slightly large | Weak growing | ||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Partially self-fertile | Flowering group 3 Partially self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance |
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some susceptibility Fruit splitting - Some susceptibility | Scab - Very susceptible Mildew - Some susceptibility | Fruit splitting - Some resistance | ||
Other | Caroon | Rubens | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | Italy | United States | United Kingdom | |
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |