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Plum
Czar 
Apple
Aromatic Russet 
Cherry
Hertford 
Apple
Cosmic Crisp 

 
SummaryA popular and easy to grow culinary plum.
A high quality russet-style variety, sharper than Egremont Russet, with a rich flavour and occasionally a hint of lemon.
Firm, good flavour.
Marketed as a new non-GMO, non-browning apple, Cosmic Crisp inherits reliability and disease-resistance from Enterprise and crisp flavor from Honeycrisp. Originally known as WA38.

Identification

Czar
Aromatic Russet
Hertford
Cosmic Crisp

Fruit colourPurple


Red

Flesh colour


White

Fruit size


Large

Fruit shapeOval / round




Using

Czar
Aromatic Russet
Hertford
Cosmic Crisp

FlavorAverage


Good

Flavour style


Sweet/Sharp

Ripening period
Mid season

Mid-Late season

Use/Keeping1 week


3 months or more

Cooking result




Growing

Czar
Aromatic Russet
Hertford
Cosmic Crisp

Picking




CroppingHeavy


Good

VigourAverage growth


Slightly small

PollinationFlowering group 3
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skillVery easy


Average

ProblemsCanker - Some resistance
Silverleaf - Some susceptibility
Canker - Some resistance

Other

Czar
Aromatic Russet
Hertford
Cosmic Crisp

Country of originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States

Other qualitiesAwards 1993
Awards 2004