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| Cherry Bigarreau de Schrecken | Apple Queen Cox | Apple Granny Smith | Apple Rome Beauty | Apple Delicious | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Heart-shaped. Firm, juicy. Good flavour. | 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. | 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. |
Identification | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Queen Cox | Granny Smith | Rome Beauty | Delicious |
| Fruit colour | Black | Red / Orange flush | Green | Red | |
| Flesh colour | White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow | White to Cream, pale yellow | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||
| Fruit size | Medium | Very large | Small | ||
| Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | Round | Round-conical | ||
Using | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Queen Cox | Granny Smith | Rome Beauty | Delicious |
| Flavor | Exceptional | Very good | Good | Good | |
| Flavour style | Aromatic | Sharper | Sweet/Sharp | Honeyed / Scented | |
| Ripening period | Early-Mid season | Mid season | Mid season | Late season | Mid-Late season |
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | 3 months or more | |||
| Cooking result | Keeps shape | Keeps shape | |||
Growing | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Queen Cox | Granny Smith | Rome Beauty | Delicious |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Average growth | Average growth | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-fertile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-fertile | Flowering group 5 Flowers Late season Self-fertile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile |
| Gardening skill | Some skill needed | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Very susceptible Fruit splitting - Very susceptible | 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 | 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 |
Other | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Queen Cox | Granny Smith | Rome Beauty | Delicious |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Australia | United States | United States |
| Other qualities |