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Thornberry
type: Cider, Dessert, Juice, Ornamental, Pie, Pollinization, Sauce
synonyms: Registered and marketed as Thornberry by Greenmantle Nursery of Garberville, California (U.S.A.)
summary: Descended from the red-fleshed apples that date back to the pink-fleshed Surprise apples found growing in the Eurasian hill-country in the early 1800s.
identification: Small to medium-size and round. The base colour is greenish yellow, blushed red on the sun exposed face. The calyx is medium size and closed, set in a medium deep and wide, ribbed basin. The stem is long, slender and set in a deep and medium narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is bright, raspberry-coloured. Moderately dry, sweet and very tart with raspberry flavours. Does not tend to develop mealy flesh.
origins: Developed as one of 40 varieties by Albert Etter for California Nursery Company at his Briceland, California (U.S. orchard and nursery during the early 1940s using the red-fleshed Surprise (Etter) apple as a cornerstone. Of these, only seven were selected for the 1944 and 1945 CNC catalogue and the remaining Etter apples subsequently slipped into oblivion. Thirty years later, Ram and Marissa Fishman of Greenmantle Nursery, in their search for pink-fleshed and blossomed apple varieties, found a number of the Etter apples, the Etter 16-32 among them, which they subsequently propagated. It was registered as Thornberry in 1990 and marketed under licence by Greenmantle Nursery of Garberville, California as one of its Rosetta collection. The ancient tree which provided the scions was found on an abandoned orchard near the town of Whitehorn, California (U.S.A.)
cold storage: Keeps up to a month in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab. Requires aggressive pruning.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle period.
notes: A stunning ornamental tree during the long blooming period.
pollination peak: 1
flowers: Medium to deep pink
hardiness: 5
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