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	Apple trees Egremont Russet	Apple trees Sunset
Summary	The most popular russet apple variety and a good apple tree for the garden.	Popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, and has a similar aromatic flavour.
Flavour	Good	Good
Flavour style	Sweeter	Aromatic
Picking	Late -September week 4	Late -September week 4
Use/Keeping		2-3 weeks
Cooking result
Cropping	Good
Vigour	Average growth
Pollination	Flowering group 2 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile
Gardening skill	Easy	Easy
Disease resistance	Average
Climate	Suitable for N.England	Suitable for N.England
Other qualities	Attractive fruit
	Current stock availability for these varieties
	Egremont Russet Very small - 1-year Bare-root - M27 rootstock Small - Cordon Bare-root - M9 rootstock Large - 1-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Very small - 2-year 12L container - M27 rootstock Medium - 2-year 12L container - M26 rootstock Large - 1-year 3L container - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - MM106 rootstock	Sunset Very small - 1-year Bare-root - M27 rootstock Very small - 2-year 12L container - M27 rootstock Small - 1-year 3L container - M9 rootstock Medium - 2-year 12L container - M26 rootstock Large - 1-year 3L container - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - MM106 rootstock