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| Apple Herefordshire Russet | Plum Victoria | Apple Gravenstein | Apple Pixie Crunch | Apple WineCrisp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A 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 |
| Flavor | Very good | Good | Very good | Very good | Very good |
| Flavour style | Sweeter | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp | Sweet/Sharp |
| Ripening period | Mid season | Early season | Mid-Late season | Mid season | |
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 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 | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | Good | Heavy | |
| Vigour | Weak growing | Average growth | Large | Average growth | |
| Pollination | Flowering 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 skill | Very easy | Average | Some skill needed | Average | |
| Problems | Canker - 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 origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Denmark | United States | United States |
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 |