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Apple
Suntan 
Apple
Green Balsam 
Apple
Ashmead's Kernel 
Pear
Clapp Favorite 

 
SummaryMedium-large fruit, gold-yellow flushed and striped orange-red. Flesh yellowish-cream. Firm and fairly juicy. Flesh rather coarsely textured, crisp.
A 19th century variety grown in a small part of the county of North Yorkshire, and known as 'the farmer's wife's apple'.
A very old apple variety, with a drab appearance which belies a unique peardrop flavour. Ashmead's Kernel is also one of very small number of English apple varieties that also thrives in North America.
An attractive and well-known 19th century American pear. It ripens early season, and does not keep.

Identification

Suntan
Green Balsam
Ashmead's Kernel
Clapp Favorite

Fruit colour
Green
Yellow / Gold


Flesh colour

White


Fruit size

Small
Medium

Fruit shape

Flat-round


Using

Suntan
Green Balsam
Ashmead's Kernel
Clapp Favorite

FlavorVery good

Very good


Flavour styleSweet/Sharp

Sweet/Sharp
Sweeter

Ripening periodLate season

Late season
Mid-Late season

Use/Keeping2-3 weeks

3 months or more


Cooking result




Growing

Suntan
Green Balsam
Ashmead's Kernel
Clapp Favorite

Picking




CroppingGood

Light


VigourSlightly large

Average growth


PollinationFlowering group 5
Flowers Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 2
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skill

Some skill needed


ProblemsMildew - Some susceptibility
Scab - Some resistance
Mildew - Some resistance
Cedar apple rust - Some resistance
Bitter pit - Some susceptibility
Scab - Very susceptible
Fireblight - Very susceptible

Other

Suntan
Green Balsam
Ashmead's Kernel
Clapp Favorite

Country of originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States

Other qualitiesAwards