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| Apple Pink Pearl | Apple Sweet Sixteen | Apple Etter's Gold | Apple Nuvar Golden Hills | Apple Bonza | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A 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 colour | Red / Orange flush | Red | Red / Green | ||
| Flesh colour | Pale Pink or Red | ||||
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Using | Pink Pearl | Sweet Sixteen | Etter's Gold | Nuvar Golden Hills | Bonza |
| Flavor | Average | ||||
| Flavour style | Sharper | Sweeter | |||
| Ripening period | Very 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 |
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| Vigour | Weak growing | Average growth | |||
| Pollination | Flowering group 1 Flowers Very early season | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season | |
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| Problems | Scab - 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 origin | United States | United States | United States | United Kingdom | Australia |
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