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Sunrise apple trees

Pick: Early-season    Flowering group: 2       Uses: Eat fresh | Juicing 
  • Sunrise apple tree
  • Sunrise apple tree blossom

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. If you have a surplus try juicing the apples - Sunrise makes a good sweet/sharp juice.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Sunrise apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00

**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 - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Sunrise

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: Canada
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green

Climate



Pollination guide for Sunrise

Sunrise is in flowering group 2. Sunrise is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.



How to grow Sunrise apple trees

Sunrise is a heavy-cropping variety which is easy to grow.



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Historical details

Developed at the Summerland Research Station in Canada in the 1990s, Sunrise is related to McIntosh and Golden Delicious.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Sunrise



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