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Etter 7-9 Apple REWRITE
type: Culinary, Cider, Eating, Juice, Ornamental, Pie, Pollinization, Sauce
synonyms: Also known as Surprise (Etter) , Etter Rosetta, Surprise Etter. Registered and marketed as Pink Parfait. Trademarked as Rosetta by Greenmantle Nursery.
summary: Produces moderate-sized apple with with cream base colour, marked with red stripes. Pink and cream flesh. Type Two Redflesh.
identification: Medium to small size, greenish base colour, striped red.
characteristics: The flesh is white with pink stains. Tart, somewhat sweet with cherry flavour.
origins: Likely originated with the many settlers who left northern Germany during the mid-1800s to settle in the American Midwest. Among the many things they brought with them to their new homes were apple trees that flourished in American soils. Prized among them were eating apples, cider apples and apple vinegar. Included were red-fleshed apple from the European trade routes to and from the mid-eastern states.
cultivation: Partial tip bearer.
cold storage: One month.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab and blight.
harvest: Starting early in the fourth period.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Self sterile. Needs a source of compatible pollen.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
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