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Sutton
type: Dessert
synonyms: Beauty (there is also an ornamental crab Beauty by this name), Hubbardston Nonsuch (this is also a synonym for Hubbardston ), Sutton Beauty (this is also a synonym for Dumelow's Seedling ), Morris Red (there is a cultivar by the name of Morris Red ), Steele’s Red, Steele's Red Winter (this is also a synonym for Baldwin and Red Canada ).
identification: Medium size. Round and slightly oblong. The skin is glossy, base colour greenish yellow, with bright crimson stripes and blush on the sun-exposed faces, pale stripes on the shaded side. Abundant russeted yellow lenticels. The slender stem is moderately long, rising barely above the shoulders of the apple, set in a moderately deep, wide cavity. The calyx is small and closed, set in a wide and somewhat shallow, pleated basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white often with pink or yellow stains. Fine-grained, crisp and tender. Very juicy, sweet tart with good flavour.
origins: Originated in near Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), possibly as a seedling of Hubbardston . It was first introduced as Sutton Beauty by Charles Hovey in the 1849 issue of "The Magazine of Horticulture," having been presented at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's annual exhibition during the fall of the year previous. According to S.A. Beach in Vol I of "The Apples of New York" (published 1903), "Sutton is supposed by some to be a seedling of Hubbardston . The tree certainly resembles Hubbardston somewhat but is much more vigorous and healthy." Regarding its confusing list of synonyms, Beach notes that "Sutton has been disseminated in Michigan under the name Morris Red with Steele's Red or Steele's Red Winter of Ohio as erroneous synonyms."
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading. Biennial.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab and fire blight.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period. Fruit hangs well on the tree when ready for picking.
notes: This variety so closely resembles the Morris Red that the two are thought to be the same apple, just given different names as they were introduced in different region of the United States. S.A. Beach suggests that the Sutton was promoted nurseries in Michigan (U.S.A.) as Morris Red.
ploidism: Dipoloid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
hardiness: 3
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