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Apple Arthur Turner | Apple Golden Supreme | Apple Limbertwig | Apple Limelight | Cherry Kassin's Fruhe Herz | |
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Summary | A well-known early season culinary apple. Cooks to a sweet puree. Grows easily in most situations. | Yellow with pink blush, medium to large fruit, ideally conic but often somewhat oblate. White to light-cream colored flesh is firm, moderately crisp, and juicy to very juicy. The flavor is sweet to mildly sweet and pleasant with little or no detectable acid. | Medium size and deep or dull red color. Flesh is yellowish, hard, aromatic. | Developed by UK apple breeder H. Ermen, based on the Greensleeves apple from East Malling Research Station. | Round heart shaped. Firm, a little fibrous, juicy, good quality. |
Identification | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight | Kassin's Fruhe Herz |
Fruit colour | Black | ||||
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Using | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight | Kassin's Fruhe Herz |
Flavor | Good | Good | |||
Flavour style | Sweeter | Sharper | |||
Ripening period | Mid season | Mid season | |||
Use/Keeping | 2-3 weeks | 2-3 weeks | |||
Cooking result | Puree | ||||
Growing | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight | Kassin's Fruhe Herz |
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Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | |||
Vigour | Average growth | Slightly small | |||
Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | ||
Gardening skill | Very easy | Very easy | |||
Problems | Scab - Some susceptibility | Canker - Some resistance Fruit splitting - Some resistance | |||
Other | Arthur Turner | Golden Supreme | Limbertwig | Limelight | Kassin's Fruhe Herz |
Country of origin | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | |
Other qualities | Awards 1993 |