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Cherry
Ulster 
Apple
Black Oxford 
Apple
Detroit Red 
Apple
James Grieve 
Apple
Kinsei 
SummaryHeart=shaped. Firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, good flavour and quality. Flowers frost-resistant.
Round deep purple fruit with a black bloom.
Classic deep red apple. Soft, snow white flesh. Curious ridges about the calyx.
A versatile cooking apple, excellent for juice, and widely used in breeding programmes.
Large blushed yellow apple that is sweet and firm. Some calyx russetting can occur in warmer districts. Storage is rated excellent.

Identification

Ulster
Black Oxford
Detroit Red
James Grieve
Kinsei
Fruit colourPurple


Red / Green

Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Ulster
Black Oxford
Detroit Red
James Grieve
Kinsei
Flavor
Very good

Average

Flavour style
Sweet/Sharp

Sharper

Ripening periodEarly season
Mid-Late season

Mid season

Use/Keeping
3 months or more

1-2 months

Cooking result


Keeps shape

Growing

Ulster
Black Oxford
Detroit Red
James Grieve
Kinsei
Picking




CroppingGood


Good

Vigour


Slightly large

PollinationFlowering group 1
Flowers Early season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skill


Very easy

ProblemsFruit splitting - Very resistant
Canker - Some resistance
Scab - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility

Other

Ulster
Black Oxford
Detroit Red
James Grieve
Kinsei
Country of origin
United States
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Other qualitiesAwards 1993