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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. 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 |
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