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Apple
Pacific Rose™ 
Apple
Rocket Red Braeburn 
Cherry
Germersdorfer 
Apple
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree 
Apple
Chantecler 
SummaryAn attractive new late-season high-quality dessert apple from New Zealand.
Very 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.

Identification

Pacific Rose™
Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Fruit colourRed

Bright Red
Green
Yellow / Gold
Flesh colour




Fruit size



Large
Fruit shape




Using

Pacific Rose™
Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Flavor



Good
Flavour style



Sweeter
Ripening period

Mid season
Late season
Mid-Late season
Use/Keeping


1-2 months
3 months or more
Cooking result



Keeps shape

Growing

Pacific Rose™
Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Picking




Cropping

Heavy
Good
Good
Vigour


Average growth
Slightly large
PollinationSelf-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 5
Flowers Late season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skill



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

Other

Pacific Rose™
Rocket Red Braeburn
Germersdorfer
Sir Isaac Newton's Tree
Chantecler
Country of originNew Zealand
New Zealand

United Kingdom
France
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