Suntan

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1974

Origin

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.7 °Bx

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Suntan is an English dessert apple developed in Kent, introduced in 1974. The fruit ripens to an orange-red colour with sharp, aromatic flesh and stores well from November through January.

Flavor & Texture

sharparomatic

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Court Pendu Plat

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589680
UK National Fruit Collection: 6157
Wikidata: Q10683963