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| Apple Fiesta | Cherry Morello | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | One of the best Cox-style apples, and much easier to grow. Often marketed as Red Pippin. | The most widely-grown sour cherry | |||
Identification | Fiesta | Morello | |||
| Fruit colour | Red / Orange flush | ||||
| Flesh colour | White | ||||
| Fruit size | Small | ||||
| Fruit shape | Flat-round | ||||
Using | Fiesta | Morello | |||
| Flavor | Very good | Good | |||
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sharper | |||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | Late season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 1-3 days | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Fiesta | Morello | |||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | ||||
| Vigour | Slightly small | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Partially self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Flowering group 4 Flowers Late season | |||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some susceptibility Mildew - Some resistance Bitter pit - Some susceptibility | Canker - Some resistance | |||
Other | Fiesta | Morello | |||
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | ||||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 | Awards 1993 |