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Apple
Sapora 
Apple
Allington Pippin 
Apple
Yarlington Mill 
Apple
Red Jonathan 
Plum
Denniston's Superb 
SummaryA modern apple variety developed in France, related to Rubinette.
A versatile English apple, with a strong pineapple-like flavour, useful for both cooking and eating.
High quality English cider apple. Firm, medium-sized fruit. Sweet to slightly bittersweet.
A more deeply colored sport of the original Jonathan, with similar good flavor and keeping qualities.
A reliable gage-like green plum with a strong sweet flavour.

Identification

Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Denniston's Superb
Fruit colour
Red / Orange flush

Red
Green
Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape



Round

Using

Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Denniston's Superb
FlavorVery good
Good


Very good
Flavour style
Pineapple


Sweeter
Ripening periodMid season
Mid season

Mid season
Early-Mid season
Use/Keeping1-2 months
3 months or more



Cooking result
Keeps shape

Textured puree

Growing

Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Denniston's Superb
Picking




CroppingGood
Good


Good
VigourSlightly large
Average growth

Average growth

PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Flowering group 2
Flowers Early-Mid season
Self-fertile
Gardening skillAverage



Very easy
ProblemsScab - Some resistance
Brown rot - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility
Canker - Very resistant

Other

Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Denniston's Superb
Country of originGermany
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

United States
Other qualities