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| Cherry Bigarreau de Schrecken | Cherry Sutton's Purple | Apple Beacon | Apple Queen Cox | Apple Granny Smith | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Heart-shaped. Firm, juicy. Good flavour. | Round. Fairly soft, not very juicy, subacid and sometimes a little bitter, becoming sweet and of fair quality. | Beacon is a bright red early-season apple with a soft flesh, noted for its cold hardiness. | 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. |
Identification | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Sutton's Purple | Beacon | Queen Cox | Granny Smith |
| Fruit colour | Black | Black | Red | Red / Orange flush | Green |
| Flesh colour | White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Medium | ||||
| Fruit shape | Short-round-conical | ||||
Using | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Sutton's Purple | Beacon | Queen Cox | Granny Smith |
| Flavor | Average | Exceptional | Very good | ||
| Flavour style | Sharper | Aromatic | Sharper | ||
| Ripening period | Early-Mid season | Mid-Late season | Mid-Late season | Mid season | Mid season |
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | 1-2 months | 3 months or more | ||
| Cooking result | Keeps shape | ||||
Growing | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Sutton's Purple | Beacon | Queen Cox | Granny Smith |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Slightly large | Average growth | Average growth | ||
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-fertile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-fertile |
| Gardening skill | Very easy | Some skill needed | |||
| Problems | Canker - Very susceptible Fruit splitting - Very susceptible | Canker - Some resistance Fruit splitting - Some resistance | Fireblight - Very susceptible Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility | 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 |
Other | Bigarreau de Schrecken | Sutton's Purple | Beacon | Queen Cox | Granny Smith |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United States | United Kingdom | Australia |
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