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Apple
Herefordshire Russet 
Plum
Victoria 
Apple
Gravenstein 
Apple
Pixie Crunch 
Apple
WineCrisp 
SummaryA modern russet with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
A very popular English plum, especially good for culinary use. Heavy crops of attractive plum-coloured fruit.
An old apple variety from Denmark which remains very popular in both Europe and North America on account of its high quality flavor.
Small, sweet flavored, crisp and juicy apple. Greenish-yellow base color with 90-100% red-purple overcolor.
WineCrisp, formerly known as Coop31, is a modern disease-resistant variety developed by the Universities of Prudue, Rutgers and Illinois.

Identification

Herefordshire Russet
Victoria
Gravenstein
Pixie Crunch
WineCrisp
Fruit colour
Red / mottled
Red / Green
Red / Green
Red
Flesh colour

White to Cream, pale yellow


Fruit size

Medium


Fruit shape
Long / oval
Flat-round
Round

Using

Herefordshire Russet
Victoria
Gravenstein
Pixie Crunch
WineCrisp
FlavorVery good
Good
Very good
Very good
Very good
Flavour styleSweeter
Sweet/Sharp
Sweet/Sharp
Sweet/Sharp
Sweet/Sharp
Ripening period
Mid season
Early season
Mid-Late season
Mid season
Use/Keeping1-2 months
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Cooking result
Puree
Keeps shape


Growing

Herefordshire Russet
Victoria
Gravenstein
Pixie Crunch
WineCrisp
Picking




CroppingGood
Heavy

Good
Heavy
VigourWeak growing
Average growth
Large
Average growth

PollinationFlowering group 3
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Flowering group 1
Flowers Early season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy
Average
Some skill needed
Average

ProblemsCanker - Very susceptible
Silverleaf - Very susceptible
Plum pox virus (Sharka) - Some susceptibility
Canker - Some susceptibility
Scab - Some susceptibility
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Very susceptible
Woolly aphid - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very resistant
Scab - Very resistant
Mildew - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility
Cedar apple rust - Very susceptible
Scab - Very resistant
Mildew - Some resistance
Fireblight - Very resistant
Cedar apple rust - Some susceptibility

Other

Herefordshire Russet
Victoria
Gravenstein
Pixie Crunch
WineCrisp
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
Denmark
United States
United States
Other qualitiesAwards 1993