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| Cherry Caroon | Cherry Golden Sweet | Plum Castleton | Apple Greensleeves | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Long heart-shaped. Soft, a little fibrous, juicy, good quality. Stone large. | Flesh firm. Used extensively for maraschino processing. | A good garden apple, with a pleasant but unexceptional flavour. | ||
Identification | Caroon | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | |
| Fruit colour | Dark Red | Yellow | |||
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Using | Caroon | 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 | 1 week | 1 week | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Caroon | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Slightly large | Weak growing | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season 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 | Fruit splitting - Some resistance | |||
Other | Caroon | Golden Sweet | Castleton | Greensleeves | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom | ||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |