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Cherry
Bigarreau de Schrecken 
Cherry
Sutton's Purple 
Apple
Beacon 
Apple
Queen Cox 
Apple
Granny Smith 
SummaryHeart-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 colourBlack
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 periodEarly-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
PollinationFlowering 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

ProblemsCanker - 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 originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Other qualities