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	Apple trees Egremont Russet	Apple trees Sunset	Apple trees Greensleeves	Apple trees Bountiful
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.	A reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple.	An easy-to-grow cooking apple, retains shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
Flavour	Good	Good	Average
Flavour style	Sweeter	Aromatic	Sweet/Sharp	Sweeter
Picking	Late -September week 4	Late -September week 4	Mid-season -September week 2	Mid-season -September week 2
Use/Keeping		2-3 weeks	1 week	1 week
Cooking result				Keeps shape
Cropping	Good		Heavy	Heavy
Vigour	Average growth		Average growth	Average growth
Pollination	Flowering group 2 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Partially self-fertile	Flowering group 2 Self-sterile
Gardening skill	Easy	Easy	Easy	Easy
Disease resistance	Average		Good	Good
Climate	Suitable for N.England	Suitable for N.England	Suitable for N.England	Suitable for N.England
Other qualities	Attractive fruit		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	Greensleeves	Bountiful Very small - 1-year Bare-root - M27 rootstock Very small - 2-year 12L container - M27 rootstock Medium - 2-year 12L container - M26 rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - MM106 rootstock