Suntan

Suntan is a richly flavoured dessert apple producing juicy, cream-coloured flesh with a sweet-sharp balance and exceptional aromatic character.

It is highly regarded for its depth of flavour and benefits from being a late-flowering variety.

Features

• Juicy, cream-coloured flesh
• Sweet-sharp, aromatic, richly flavoured fruit
• Excellent dessert apple with complex flavour
• Vigorous, spreading growth habit
• Reliable cropper
• Late flowering variety, helping avoid late spring frosts
• Excellent storage qualities

Origins / Notes

Raised in 1956 from a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Court Pendu Plat. It inherited the rich flavour of Cox while benefiting from the late flowering characteristics of Court Pendu Plat.

Disease Resistance

Resistant to canker.

Pollination Season

Late season

Harvesting Season

Late season, typically October.

Storage

Excellent storage qualities. Keeps for up to 4 months in cold storage.

Best eating window is from late autumn through winter, when the fruit develops even greater richness and complexity of flavour.

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