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Cherry
Bianca di Verona 
Apple
Richared Delicious 
Crab-apple
French Crab 
Crab-apple
John Downie 

 
SummaryBred for ease of mechanical havesting.
Only fair color (blush), but better tasting than most modern strains. Flavor is rich and complex, with hint of coconut. Shape is bloated compared to Delicious, with wide middle.
A very old apple with many synonyms. Reputed to be a long-keeper.
John Downie is a good crabapple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.

Identification

Bianca di Verona
Richared Delicious
French Crab
John Downie

Fruit colour




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Bianca di Verona
Richared Delicious
French Crab
John Downie

Flavor




Flavour style

Sharper


Ripening periodMid season

Mid-Late season


Use/Keeping

3 months or more


Cooking result




Growing

Bianca di Verona
Richared Delicious
French Crab
John Downie

Picking




Cropping


Good

Vigour




PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Flowering group 4
Self-fertile
Gardening skill


Average

ProblemsCanker - Some resistance

Other

Bianca di Verona
Richared Delicious
French Crab
John Downie

Country of originUnited States
United States
France


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