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Sunrise apple identification
One of the best early apple varieties, ripening in the UK in late August. Parentage: McIntosh x Golden Delicious x un-named cultivar. Introduced / discovered in 1990s.
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Identification
Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
Fruit size - Small
Fruit size - Medium
Fruit shape - Short-round-conical
Fruit shape - Round
Fruit shape - Round-conical
Fruit shape - Conical
Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong
Shape features - Elliptical, Compressed, Irregular
Shape features - Regular, round
Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
Shape features (vertical view) - Oblique - slanted
Shape features (vertical view) - Ribs more pronounced at apex, toward basin
Shape features (vertical view) - Symmetrical
Shape uniformity - Uniform in shape, Variable in size
Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
Seeds - size - Medium
Seeds - size - Large
Core - Abaxile / Irregular
Core - Axile / Symmetrical
Core - Open
Seeds - point - Acuminate
Seeds - point - Acute
Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
Seeds - characteristics - Dark
Seeds - characteristics - Flat
Seeds - characteristics - Many
Core - lines - Moderate
Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Large
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Closed
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Partially Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Convergent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Connivent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Flat
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
Russet - Not present
Russet % coverage - Low
Russet % coverage - Absent
All green or yellow - Other colors present
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
Skin blush - Present
Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
Skin blush (color) - Pink to Pinkish Red Copper
Scarf skin - Not present
Suture lines - Not present
Bloom - Not present
Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
Skin feel - Dry
Skin feel - Not smooth, Rough
Skin feel - Smooth
Stripes - Stripes present
Stripes (details) - Short splashes
Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
Stripes (color) - Dark Red
Stripes (color) - Mixed colors
Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
Stripes (color) - Pink
Stripes (color) - Red
Stem (length) - Short
Stem (length) - Medium
Stem (thickness) - Slender
Stem (thickness) - Medium
Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Usually Russet Free
Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
Stem (position) - Upright
Stem (details) - Curved
Stem (color) - Brown
Stem (color) - Green
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Flat, Smooth
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Flat
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Acute, Medium Slope
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
Basin skin - Red
Basin skin - Yellow
Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
Basin width - Narrow
Basin width - Moderate
Basin russet - Usually Russet free
Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight to medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
Basin (protruberances) - Beaded, Mammiform
Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
Basal lobes - Present, Crowned, or 5-lobed
Basal lobes - Slightly present
Dots (description) - Green
Dots (description) - Light colored, pale, greyed
Dots (description) - Same color as background
Dots (description) - Gray
Dots (description) - Submerged / Depressed
Dots (description) - Tan / Cream
Dots (description) - Yellow
Dots (numbers) - Few
Dots (numbers) - Moderate
Dots (numbers) - Numerous
Dots (size) - Small
Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
Flesh (staining) - Yellow
Flesh (staining) - Red or Pink
Flesh (staining) - Not present
Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
Flesh (texture) - Moderate
Flesh (grain) - Medium
Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
Uses - Eat fresh
Uses - Drying
Flavour quality - Good
Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
Flavour style - Sharper
Flavour style - Pear drop
Harvest period - Early-Mid season
Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
Flowering group - 2
Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
First planted - After 1950
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