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Cherub
type: Cider, Dessert, Eating, Pie
synonyms: Registered and marketed as Cherub
summary: A deeply coloured crabapple favoured for cider, pies and desserts.
identification: Medium size. Deep red skin, marked with darker striping.
characteristics: Depending on the growing season, the fruit can be crisp, sweet and highly acidic with defined red berry aromas.
origins: The flower parent is the Surprise which likely originated in Turkey and is a progeny of the Niedzwetzkyana red-veined crab apple.
Thirty or more red-fleshed apples grown from open pollinated pippins of Albert Etter's Surprise at his homestead in Briceland, California (U.S.A.) in 1944. After Etter's demise in 1950, the property was abandoned and the experimental orchard became overgrown with many of Etter's trees dying off in the process.
Some, Fortunately, some saved through the efforts of fruit explorers like Ram Fishman who lived just a few kilometres from what was known as Etter's orchard. The Rubaiyat was found as a decrepit tree propped up by an old fence. The tree was destroyed a year later by a wandering herd of cattle, but cuttings had been taken before they did. Greenmantle Nursery has included this cultivar as part of its Rosetta series.
cultivation: Compact semi dwarf tree. Well suited to warmer climates.
progeny: Cherub
cold storage: Does not store well; flesh goes purple once picked. Maximum storage is less than a week after picking. Once dry, it becomes bitter.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to mites and insect damage.
harvest: Early in the middle period.
notes: The Rosetta Group of Etter's apples was organized by Greenmantle Nurseries.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
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