ber 28. The fruit were quite pitted and the flesh 

 seemed dense and heavy. It was rated quite high for 

 color and attractiveness but quite low for flavor. 

 Judgment must wait for another year, but we were 

 not too impressed this year. 



New York 65707-19 (**). This disease-resistant 

 apple is fairly attractive, round, medium sized, and 

 red with small white lenticels and greenish white 

 flesh. The flavor is not strong but the flavor and 

 acidity seemed to vary quite a bit from one fruit to 

 another. On October 13, fruit were dropping. The 

 jury is still out on this one. 



New York 75441-67 (*) is a deep-red disease-resis- 

 tant apple showing some skin russeting or blemish- 

 ing, liie flesh is white, the skin is tough, the flavor 

 OK, but the acidity is so high that even when ripe it 

 is difficult to recommend this one. 



New York 73334-35 (**) is a disease-resistant apple 

 with good red color, but its irregular firuit shape 

 detracts from its appearance. Harvest on October 5 

 was too early while severe drop was noted on October 

 13. Flesh is whitish green, and the skin is tough. The 

 acid is high, the sugar is low, and the taste is not 

 outstanding. There is a blueberry aflertaste. It was 

 not an outstanding apple this year. 



New York 75413-30 (**) is a very attractive, red, 

 disease-resistant apple the looks much better than it 

 tastes. The shape is ovate to conic and ribbed. Flesh 

 is white with a tinge of yellow. Skin has a chalky, odd 

 taste. We rated flavor only fair to good. 



Nittany (**). Trees fruited in the first leaf, so the 

 October 19 harvest date may not be representative of 

 future harvests. This apple is fairly good tasting, but 

 it is not as good as Nittany originating from Pennsyl- 

 vania. We will continue to follow it. 



Orin (**) is green apple and is fairly attractive. It is 

 a very sweet, subacid apple with a pleasant, slightly 

 fruity taste. This sweet apple is worthy of fiirther 

 evaluation. 



Redfree (***). We used Redfree as another marker 

 in the evaluation process. It is one of the best August 

 apples with a rating of at least *** now. It rates very 

 high in red color, attractiveness, flavor, and overall. 

 Even though it is a disease-resistant apple it can 

 stand on its own merits. It will not store for a long 

 time. 



Reinette Sindrenko (**) has a very distinctive 

 green color, similar to an immature Granny Smith. 

 Flesh is whitish green. Flavor is somewhat tart with 



a distinctive but spicy taste. At the time of our 

 sample, flesh was still green and soluble solids were 

 only 12.2. We believe that this apple was not ripe at 

 the time of harvest, even though it did taste reason- 

 ably good. The taste and condition of Reinette 

 Simirenko was excellent following several weeks in 

 regular air storage. This cultivar warrants further 

 evaluation. 



Ruhinette (*). The blotchy red-pinkish-brown color 

 make this apple rather unattractive. Also, the large 

 lenticels give the impression of russet. This apple is 

 fair to good tasting but the acidity and astringency 

 detract from its flavor. We are not very excited about 

 Rubinette. 



Sanaa (**T) is a fairly attractive medium sized 

 apple. We were very impressed with the flavor, 

 texture, crispness, and aroma. We consider Sansa 

 one of the jewels this year. It matures at about the 

 time of Sunrise, and when compared with Sunrise, 

 Sansa is the clear winner. It tastes Gala-like but it 

 ripens fully two weeks before Grala. We did not have 

 enough fruit to evaluate it fully, but it is one apple 

 that we will be looking forward to eating next year. 



Senshu (**). The blotchy or burned reddish brown 

 stripes on this medium sized apple make it some- 

 what unattractive. It has prominent calyx lobes and 

 a swelled pedicel at the attachment like Gala. It has 

 unusual orange-yellow flesh. It is a very good 

 tasting apple. It is not too sweet with a slightly spicy 

 flavor. Overall, this cultivar was rated quite high. 



Shamrock (**T) was evaluated over a three week 

 period and it had acceptable quality over the whole 

 time. It did not received the highest marks for flavor 

 but the ratings were consistently good. In mid- 

 September, it tastes green and Granny-like. Others 

 who were offered this apple seemed to liked it. We 

 believe that it is a good apple that fills a niche for a 

 green apple in September and October. There is no 

 other green apple that we have tasted that would 

 compete in this market. Storage life is not long. 

 Fruit soften in storage. As it softens, it assumes the 

 taste of a very good Mcintosh. We can recommend 

 Shamrock. 



Shizuka (**T) is a large, attractive, yellow apple 

 with a pink cheek, and it has very good flavor. This 

 apple resembles Mutsu in many ways, a fact that is 

 not too surprising given their common parentage. 

 However, it also differs from Mutsu in several impor- 

 tant ways. It appears to be more elongated in shape. 

 It ripens about a week before Mutsu. The flesh is 

 finer, less dense, and tastes fruitier than Mutsu. 



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