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Apple
Morgan Sweet 
Apple
Golden Noble 
Apple
Arthur W Barnes 
Apple
GoldRush 
Apple
Nonpareil 
SummaryAn 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 colourYellow / Gold
Green
Red
Yellow / Gold

Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Morgan Sweet
Golden Noble
Arthur W Barnes
GoldRush
Nonpareil
FlavorAverage
Good

Very good
Very good
Flavour styleSharper
Sweeter

Sweeter
Pear drop
Ripening periodEarly-Mid season
Late season
Mid season
Mid-Late season

Use/Keeping1 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
Picking




CroppingHeavy
Heavy

Heavy
Good
VigourLarge
Slightly small
Average growth
Slightly small
Average growth
PollinationFlowering 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 skillSome skill needed
Very easy



ProblemsCanker - 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 originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States
France
Other qualitiesAwards 1993