Suntan

A handsome late dessert apple, rich, sweet, with plenty of pineapple-like acidity and very aromatic.

Origin: Kent UK, 1956

Pollination: Suntan is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Suntan

Suntan apple was raised in 1956 by H M Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Kent, UK from a Cox's Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat. Received the R H S Award of Merit in 1980 and the Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

It is medium/large sized apple with a regular flat-round shape. It has an attractive autumnal colour: Flushed bright orange red on golden yellow with short, broken dark red stripes and russet patches. Deep cream flesh, rich and sweet, very aromatic and with lots of pineapple-like acidity. May be rather sharp when first picked and is best stored eaten in December or later.

A spreading triploid tree of great vigour. Good cropper but prone to canker and bitter pit.

Characteristics of Suntan apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Dec
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Canker - Susceptible Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant
Suitable for	Late Frost Northern Britain
Pollination date	20
Pollination group	F
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Court Pendu Plat Cox's Orange Pippin