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	Cherry Caroon	Apple Rubens	Apple Dorsett Golden	Apple Ard Cairn Russet	Apple Red Astrachan
Summary	Long heart-shaped. Soft, a little fibrous, juicy, good quality. Stone large.	An attractive modern apple from Italy which is now being promoted in European supermarkets.	A remarkable early-season apple, well-adapted to tropical climates and with a very low chill requirement.	An old apple variety from Ireland, with a flavor reminiscent of bananas.	Eating, cooking and cider apple. Medium sized, crimson colored, flesh is juicy, tart and crisp with good flavor. Very short storage.
Identification	Caroon	Rubens	Dorsett Golden	Ard Cairn Russet	Red Astrachan
Fruit colour	Dark Red		Yellow / Gold
Flesh colour					White
Fruit size					Small
Fruit shape					Flat
Using	Caroon	Rubens	Dorsett Golden	Ard Cairn Russet	Red Astrachan
Flavor			Good		Good
Flavour style			Sweeter		Sweeter
Ripening period	Mid-Late season		Very early season	Mid-Late season
Use/Keeping		3 months or more	1-3 days
Cooking result
Growing	Caroon	Rubens	Dorsett Golden	Ard Cairn Russet	Red Astrachan
Picking
Cropping			Heavy
Vigour		Average growth	Average growth	Slightly large
Pollination	Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile	Self-sterile	Flowering group 0 Flowers Very early season Self-sterile	Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile
Gardening skill
Problems	Canker - Some susceptibility Fruit splitting - Some susceptibility	Scab - Very susceptible Mildew - Some susceptibility		Scab - Some resistance Mildew - Some resistance
Other	Caroon	Rubens	Dorsett Golden	Ard Cairn Russet	Red Astrachan
Country of origin	United Kingdom	Italy	Bahamas	Ireland	Russia
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