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Cherry Sealand 2nd Early Black | Apple Berner Rosen | Apple Puritan | Apple Fuji | Apple Zestar! | |
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Summary | Long-oval. Soft, not fibrous, juicy, good quality. Stone small. | A popular Swiss apple variety, although not well-known elsewhere. | Red skinned apple covered with small white dots. Soft texture, tart flavored. | Fuji is is by far the most successful Japanese apple variety, known for its crisp sweet-flavored flesh and long storage potential. | Early season apple with a good crisp sweet-tart flavor. |
Identification | Sealand 2nd Early Black | Berner Rosen | Puritan | Fuji | Zestar! |
Fruit colour | Black | Red / Green | |||
Flesh colour | |||||
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Fruit shape | |||||
Using | Sealand 2nd Early Black | Berner Rosen | Puritan | Fuji | Zestar! |
Flavor | Good | Good | |||
Flavour style | Sweeter | Sweet/Sharp | |||
Ripening period | Very-Late season | Mid-Late season | Very early season | ||
Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 1-2 months | |||
Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Sealand 2nd Early Black | Berner Rosen | Puritan | Fuji | Zestar! |
Picking | |||||
Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | Good | ||
Vigour | Average growth | Slightly large | |||
Pollination | Flowering group 6 Flowers Very-Late season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 1 Flowers Very early season Self-sterile | |
Gardening skill | Average | Average | |||
Problems | Cedar apple rust - Some resistance | Scab - Some resistance Mildew - Some resistance Fireblight - Very susceptible Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility | Scab - Very susceptible Mildew - Some resistance Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Some resistance | ||
Other | Sealand 2nd Early Black | Berner Rosen | Puritan | Fuji | Zestar! |
Country of origin | Switzerland | United States | Japan | United States | |
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