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| Apple Richared Delicious | Crab-apple French Crab | Crab-apple John Downie | Apple Karmijn de Sonnaville | Apple Delprim | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 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. | A Cox-style apple from the Netherlands, very attractive autumnal colours, and the potential for very good flavor. | A good quality early-season variety, developed by the Delbard nursery in France, with an interesting pedigree. Deserves to be more widely grown. |
Identification | Richared Delicious | French Crab | John Downie | Karmijn de Sonnaville | Delprim |
| Fruit colour | Red | ||||
| Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
| Fruit size | Very large | ||||
| Fruit shape | Flat-round | ||||
Using | Richared Delicious | French Crab | John Downie | Karmijn de Sonnaville | Delprim |
| Flavor | Exceptional | Good | |||
| Flavour style | Sharper | Sharper | Aromatic | ||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | Mid-Late season | Early-Mid season | ||
| Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | 1 week | |||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Richared Delicious | French Crab | John Downie | Karmijn de Sonnaville | Delprim |
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Good | Heavy | |||
| Vigour | Slightly large | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season | Flowering group 4 Self-fertile | Flowering group 4 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-sterile | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season Self-sterile | |
| Gardening skill | Average | Very easy | |||
| Problems | Scab - Very susceptible | ||||
Other | Richared Delicious | French Crab | John Downie | Karmijn de Sonnaville | Delprim |
| Country of origin | United States | France | Netherlands | France | |
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