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Oxford Sunrise
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, round. The base colour is green over which is a light red over which is pattern of darker red, broken striping on the sun exposed face. The calyx is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow and wided basin. The stem is medium size and stout,set in a deep and wide cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, firm and crisp. Juicy and tart, savory.
origins: This was one of 14 varieties developed by Eynsham, Oxford (U.K.) apple breeder Frederick Wastie in 1942 from a cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Lane’s Prince Albert .
cultivation: Weakly vigorous. Spurbearer.
cold storage: Two months.
harvest: Early in the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 5
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