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| Plum Avalon | Apple Nittany | Apple Galloway Pippin | Apple Bolero | Apple Braeburn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour. | Crisp, juicy yellow flesh tart apple, 3 to 3.25 inches in diameter. About 50 to 90% of the surface is covered with a dull red color. Shape is truncate to conical. Good eaten fresh but also good choice for a cooking apple as it holds its shape when cooked. | A good quality Scottish cooking apple. | One of the 'Ballerina' style apple varieties, developed from a McIntosh sport called Wijcik which grows in a naturally columnar style with no side-branches. | Braeburn was the first of the new wave of bi-colored supermarket apple varieties, and re-established the importance of flavor in commercial apples. |
Identification | Avalon | Nittany | Galloway Pippin | Bolero | Braeburn |
| Fruit colour | Plum red | ||||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Medium | ||||
| Fruit shape | Oval / round | Conical | |||
Using | Avalon | Nittany | Galloway Pippin | Bolero | Braeburn |
| Flavor | Very good | Very good | Very good | ||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sharper | |||
| Ripening period | Early season | Mid-Late season | Very early season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | 1-2 months | 1-2 months | 3 months or more | |
| Cooking result | Keeps shape | ||||
Growing | Avalon | Nittany | Galloway Pippin | Bolero | Braeburn |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | ||||
| Vigour | Large | Weak growing | Average growth | ||
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early season Partially self-fertile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 0 Flowers Very early season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Self-fertile | |
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Very easy | Average | Average | |
| Problems | Scab - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some susceptibility Fireblight - Some susceptibility Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible | ||||
Other | Avalon | Nittany | Galloway Pippin | Bolero | Braeburn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
| Other qualities | Awards |