There is a very good relationship between develop- 

 ment of red color and drop. The quality of this apple 

 is too good to discard right now, even with its faults. 



BC 9-17 (*) is a medium sized dull cherry red apple 

 with semiprominent lenticels. The flavor is not 

 strong, and when ripe it has a hint of perfume and 

 pineapple. It is a fairly good apple, but certainly not 

 outstanding. 



BC 78-9-28 (*) is a medium sized, attractive red 

 apple. The skin is smooth and lightly striped. The 

 flesh is slightly chalky and the flavor is like licorice. 

 The very different taste makes it difficult to decide 

 whether or not we like it. 



BC 8C-27-96 Sunrise i**i) is a very attractive 

 apple but when it develops outstanding red color, it 

 is too ripe. The flesh characteristics are outstanding. 

 It is crisp, juicy, and just feels wonderful. A major 

 weakness of this apple is that it has a very weak 

 apple flavor and the flavor that it does have is 

 acceptable but not outstanding. We do not rate 

 Sunrise very high. 



BC 15-30 (*) is a large, light cherry red apple with 

 prominent brown lenticels. Even when ripe (Sep- 

 tember 1) acidity is high. It has a pronounced 

 pineapple flavor that is not totally related to 

 watercore. This apple was rated average for red 

 color, fairly high on attractiveness, and average for 

 taste and flavor. This fruit is neither outstanding 

 nor poor. 



BC9P-14-32 (**t) was one of the pleasant surprises 

 this year. It is not very attractive because the cherry 

 red is not intense and there is considerable net-like 

 russeting. Fruit size is medium, flesh is yellowish- 

 white, flesh texture is good, and the sugar-to-acid 

 ratio is good. The taste and appearance is reminis- 

 cent of Arlet. This apple was rated among the 

 highest for flavor and overall desirable. It is a very 

 good apple. 



BC 2-8 (*) is a very attractive red apple that re- 

 sembles Delicious; however, the beauty is only skin 

 deep. Even when very ripe fruit were tasted, the acid 

 level was almost off the scale. It is an attractive 

 apple with only fair to good quality. Fniit were 

 dropping on September 21. 



BC 8M-15-10 (**T) was the second British Columbia 

 selection that we thought was truly outstanding. 

 This apple has blotchy pink-red color. Overall it is 

 not an attractive apple. The flesh is yellow with a 

 mild banana flavor. It is extremely crisp and juicy. 



Unlike published reports, it does not remind us of 

 Fuji, but is more reminiscent of Braebum. As far as 

 taste, crispness, and juiciness are concerned, you 

 could not ask for a better apple. It is outstanding. 



BC8B-1'^50(**) is a fairly attractive andfairly good 

 tasting apple. It looks like a Delicious and has cream 

 yellow flesh. Fruit are deep cherry red at the optimal 

 harvest date. The longer fruit stayed on the tree the 

 better it got, although flesh firmness and texture 

 were poor. The flavor of this apple is very complex: 

 fruity and tropical. Since the taste is different and 

 it improves with age, this cultivar may benefit from 

 a period of cold storage. 



DIR 98T-486 (**) is a very attractive deep red apple 

 on a cream yellow ground color. The irregular 

 surface detracts somewhat from the appearance, but 

 still it was one of the most attractive to be evaluated 

 this year. Flavor improve with time on the tree. 

 Fruit harvested on October 5 were quite good but the 

 ground color indicated that the shelf life then would 

 be rather short. The fruit is very juicy, yellow-white 

 fleshed, and slightly tough skinned. It is so attrac- 

 tive, that based solely on appearance, it should be 

 looked at further. 



BC 17-30 (**T) is a very attractive, dark-burgundy- 

 red apple of the Mcintosh type. The flavor is remi- 

 niscent of Mcintosh with Spartan overtones. Per- 

 haps it tastes most like Acey Mac. The flavor may be 

 a little bland but it is still a very good apple. Flesh 

 is white with a greenish tinge. The pedicle is long 

 and lenticels are semiprominent. This apple war- 

 rants further evaluation. 



BC 8K-21-39 (**) is a fairly good apple with better 

 than average appearance. It is round to conic, has 

 yellowish-white flesh that is somewhat dry. Fruit 

 shows some russeting. Where the surface is red it is 

 attractive. The red looks muddy on the green-red 

 interface. The longer the fruit remained on the tree 

 the better it tastes. 



BC 8C-6-62 (*) is a dark cherry-red apple with a 

 bumpy surface caused by raised lenticel. The flesh 

 is yellowish white. The flesh was so acid that it was 

 not possible to evaluate flavor effectively. This fruit 

 was about the most highly acid apple that we evalu- 

 ated this year. We were not impressed. 



Bonza (*). This is the second year that we have 

 evaluated Bonza. It is somewhat attractive and red 

 color is good. The surface of the apple is not smooth, 

 the flesh is rather dry, and the flavor is acceptable 

 but not outstanding. We are not encouraged to 



Fruit Notes, Spring, 1993 



