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| Apple Morgan Sweet | Apple Golden Noble | Apple Arthur W Barnes | Apple GoldRush | Apple Nonpareil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | An old cider apple variety, popular in the 'west country' of the UK, and sweet enough to eat fresh. | A sweet-flavoured cooking apple, and a good tree for the garden. | An attractive and popular mid-season culinary apple, very versatile in the kitchen, cooks to a puree. | A modern disease-resistant apple variety related to Golden Delicious, with crisp hard flesh and a good sugar / acid balance. | A very old apple variety from France, which became very popular in England. It has a distinctive pear-drop flavour. |
Identification | Morgan Sweet | Golden Noble | Arthur W Barnes | GoldRush | Nonpareil |
| Fruit colour | Yellow / Gold | Green | Red | Yellow / Gold | |
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Using | Morgan Sweet | Golden Noble | Arthur W Barnes | GoldRush | Nonpareil |
| Flavor | Average | Good | Very good | Very good | |
| Flavour style | Sharper | Sweeter | Sweeter | Pear drop | |
| Ripening period | Early-Mid season | Late season | Mid season | Mid-Late season | |
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | 1-2 months | 1 week | 3 months or more | 3 months or more |
| Cooking result | Puree | Puree | |||
Growing | Morgan Sweet | Golden Noble | Arthur W Barnes | GoldRush | Nonpareil |
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| Cropping | Heavy | Heavy | Heavy | Good | |
| Vigour | Large | Slightly small | Average growth | Slightly small | Average growth |
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 5 Flowers Late season Self-sterile Blossom frost-resistance | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Self-sterile |
| Gardening skill | Some skill needed | Very easy | |||
| Problems | Canker - Some resistance Scab - Some resistance Mildew - Very susceptible Fireblight - Very susceptible | Scab - Very resistant Mildew - Very resistant Fireblight - Some resistance Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility | |||
Other | Morgan Sweet | Golden Noble | Arthur W Barnes | GoldRush | Nonpareil |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United States | France |
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |