Sunrise is an excellent modern summer apple, ripening at the end of August.
Although descended from two notably sweet North American varieties, McIntosh and Golden Delicious, Sunrise is quite different. It is distinctly crisp to the bite, and the flavour is fairly sharp and tangy - but still sweeter than many other early varieties.
Unlike many early-season apple varieties, Sunrise will keep for up to a week in a fridge. The apples will also hang on the tree over a period of 2-3 weeks without becoming overripe, allowing you to pick them as you need them.
**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.
Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.
*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.
Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.
Sunrise is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Sunrise is a heavy-cropping variety which is easy to grow.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
Developed at the Summerland Research Station in Canada in the 1990s, Sunrise is related to McIntosh and Golden Delicious.
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