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MN 1630
type: Dessert, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Marketed as Sweet Sixteen
summary: An excellent apple for fresh eating, also makes excellent pies and apple sauce. Great flavour for dried apple rings.
identification: Medium to large, round-conic. The base colour is yellow, marked with dense red striping.
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream-coloured, crisp and firm. Juicy, sweet-tart, aromatic, with sugar candy, anise and nutty flavours. Sometimes stained red.
uses: Dessert, also makes a flavourful apple sauce. Excellent for pies and tarts.
origins: MN 447 crossed with Northern Spy developed by W.H. Alderman at the University of Minnesota, (U.S.A.) in 1937. Selected in 1950 and released in 1977. (Minnesota 447 is derived from an open pollinated Malinda )
cultivation: Vigorous, moderately spreading, upright tree. Precocious. Annual crops. Does well in well-drained sandy or clay based loam and can tolerate drought conditions. Suitable for farm-gate sales as well as u-pick orchards.
cold storage: Up to three months
vulnerabilities: Resistant to both scab and fire blight. Somewhat susceptible to apple rust and powdery mildew.
harvest: Over the span of several weeks starting in the second half of the fourth period. Somewhat prone to premature drops.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 3
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