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Apple
Pink Pearl 
Apple
Sweet Sixteen 
Apple
Etter's Gold 
Apple
Nuvar Golden Hills 
Apple
Bonza 
SummaryA pink-fleshed apple developed by Californian enthusiast Albert Etter in the 1940s.
Large, red striped fruit. Firm, crisp, aromatic flesh. Moderately acidic.
Medium to large, greenish yellow fruit ripening to a clear golden color. Excellent eating quality. Good for cooking. Flesh remains crisp and juicy even after months in storage.
A sweet juicy modern mid-season variety, based on Greensleeves but perhaps a bit sweeter. Colour is yellower than Greensleeves and sometimes has a pink tinge to it.
A chance seedling discovered in Australia.

Identification

Pink Pearl
Sweet Sixteen
Etter's Gold
Nuvar Golden Hills
Bonza
Fruit colourRed / Orange flush
Red


Red / Green
Flesh colourPale Pink or Red




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Pink Pearl
Sweet Sixteen
Etter's Gold
Nuvar Golden Hills
Bonza
FlavorAverage




Flavour styleSharper



Sweeter
Ripening periodVery early season
Mid season


Mid season
Use/Keeping
1-2 months


1-2 months
Cooking result



Keeps shape

Growing

Pink Pearl
Sweet Sixteen
Etter's Gold
Nuvar Golden Hills
Bonza
Picking




Cropping




VigourWeak growing



Average growth
PollinationFlowering group 1
Flowers Very early season
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Gardening skill




ProblemsScab - Some resistance
Fireblight - Some resistance
Cedar apple rust - Some resistance
Scab - Some resistance
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Woolly aphid - Some resistance

Other

Pink Pearl
Sweet Sixteen
Etter's Gold
Nuvar Golden Hills
Bonza
Country of originUnited States
United States
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Other qualities