son or left on the tree to 

 mature and ripen to an 

 attractive lemon-yellow 

 color Ginger Gold has a 

 very mild flavor and a 

 smooth, nonrusseting 

 skin. Ginger Gold main- 

 tains condition on the 

 tree remarkably well 

 over a three-week period 

 (Table 3). Storage poten- 

 tial appears to be rela- 

 tively short. Fruit har- 

 vested on September 2 

 and kept at 32°F had a 

 firmness below 13 

 pounds and were only rated 

 later (Table 4). 



Table 2. Sensory evaluations* of several early-maturing apple cultivars. 



*5-6 = good, 6-7 = very good, 7-8 = excellent. 



fair less than six weeks 



Sunrise 



Sunrise is a very attractive apple that 

 matures to a beautiful striped red color. Like 

 many early-maturing apples, Sunrise has 

 limited storage potential when fruit are al- 

 lowed to develop good red color on the tree. 

 Fruit must be harvested when the ground 

 color is somewhat green, and even then, the 

 shelf life is limited. Sunrise has an extremely 

 mild flavor, and when harvested at the 

 proper time, is very crisp and juicy. The win- 

 dow of harvest anduse of Sunrise is narrow, 

 but when utilized during this period of time, 

 it is a very nice apple. 



Sansa 



Sansa ripens in late August through 

 early September Fruit quality is remark- 



ably similar to Gala, not surprising since Gala 

 is one of the parents. It is only medium in size, 

 but it has outstanding flavor It is crisp, juicy, 

 and has very good flavor at the time when 

 Paulared is harvested. Like Ginger Gold, it 

 keeps well on the tree for up to three weeks 

 (Table 5). When tree ripened, it develops a very 

 fruity tropical taste and has a pleasant aroma. 

 It has a modest storage potential (Table 6). 



Unlike many other apples, even when some- 

 what soft, it is still a pleasure to eat. When 

 flesh firmness approaches 12 pounds, Sansa is 

 very pear-like in feel and taste. Vegetatively, 

 the growth is moderately weak. It also carries 

 a gene for a mosaic leaf characteristic, which 

 further makes the tree appear weak. 



Ginger Gold, Sunrise, and Sansa are three 

 newly-named cultivars that ripen in the 

 Paulared season. All three apples are vastly 



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Fruit Notes, Winter, 1996 



