Sunset
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1918 by G.C.Addy at Ightham, Kent. Named in 1933. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1960. Fruits have firm crisp, fine-textured flesh with a good aromatic Cox-like flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Ribbing
very weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Sunset (LA 74A)
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register