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Apple
Rocket Red Braeburn 
Cherry
Germersdorfer 
Apple
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree 
Apple
Chantecler 
Apple
Miller's Seedling 
SummaryVery intense red blush with narrow, intense stripes.
Firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic balanced flavour, sweet, slightly acid.
The tree under which the famous scientist gained the inspiration for his theory of gravitation.

A small early-season English apple, popular in late Victorian times.

Identification

Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Miller's Seedling
Fruit colour
Bright Red
Green
Yellow / Gold

Flesh colour




Fruit size


Large

Fruit shape




Using

Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Miller's Seedling
Flavor


Good
Good
Flavour style


Sweeter
Sweet/Sharp
Ripening period
Mid season
Late season
Mid-Late season
Mid season
Use/Keeping

1-2 months
3 months or more
1-3 days
Cooking result


Keeps shape

Growing

Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Miller's Seedling
Picking




Cropping
Heavy
Good
Good
Heavy
Vigour

Average growth
Slightly large
Average growth
PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 5
Flowers Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Gardening skill


Average
Some skill needed
ProblemsLeaf spot - Some susceptibility
Brown rot - Some susceptibility
Fruit splitting - Some susceptibility
Canker - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility

Other

Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Miller's Seedling
Country of originNew Zealand

United Kingdom
France
United Kingdom
Other qualitiesAwards