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Sunrise
type: Dessert, Eating
synonyms: There is also a British cultivar by the name Sunrise . Also, the Oxford Sunrise is sometimes called by this name.
summary: A refreshing summer apple with strawberry flavours, best eaten straight from the tree.
identification: Medium to large in size. Round tending to conic with some ribbing on the sides and crowned, often irregular shape. The base colour is a pale green maturing to pale yellow or white with a large patch of reddish pink on the sun-exposed face and broken stripes of red on the rest of the surface. The stem is long and moderately slender and set in a deep, narrow cavity. The calyx is small and closed, set in a moderately deep basin. A waxy feel develops on the skin at maturing, becoming more prominent after harvest. Little or no russet.
characteristics: Flesh is white to cream in colour and tender. Juicy and sweet-sharp. Mild with a strawberry flavour. The apple tastes best when chilled and will stay fresh for about a week when refrigerated, beyond that storage is not recommended since the flesh becomes soft and grainy within just a few days.
uses: Intended as a fresh eating apple. The short storage life makes this an apple better grown by gardners, market orchardists and for farmgate sales.
origins: Developed in 1968 at the Summerland Research Station's Apple Breeding Program in Summerland, British Columbia (Canada), by crossing a McIntosh with a Golden Delicious and then, in turn, crossing the resulting blossom with an experimental cultivar (PCF-3-120) from Purdue University's breeding programme. It first fruited in 1973 and distributed to select growers in 1980 for final testing. Introduced in 1991 by David Lane and Richard MacDonald.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous and precocious. Upright-spreading spur bearer. Thinning is necessary at fruit set in order to maintain size.
cold storage: Will stay fresh for about a week if refrigerated. Beyond that, storage is not recommended since the flesh becomes soft and grainy within just a few days.
vulnerabilities: Highly susceptible to brown rot.
harvest: Ready to be picked in the middle of the third period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 1
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 4
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