SUNCRISP
| Origin | Rutgers Horticultural Research Farm, New Brunswick, New Jersey. |
| Parentage | Golden Delicious x (Cortland x Cox's Orange Pippin). |
| Availability | October through March. |
| Source | Limited availability. |
| Quality | Suncrisp is a very firm and crisp apple. Its texture is somewhat coarse and melting when eaten. It does not produce a lot of juice. The flavour is somewhat tart at harvest but mellows in storage. |
| Fruit: |
| Size | Small to medium. Will require good crop load management to optimize fruit size. In trials in New Jersey it was found that Suncrisp produced best quality fruit when thinned to one fruit every 15-20 cm. |
| Surface | Rough, similar to Cox's Orange. It tends to have more skin russeting than Golden Delicious, especially in the stem bowl. Somewhat irregular shape. |
| Ground Colour | Yellow-green. |
| Over Colour | Orange-red blush. Can cover as much as 50% of the fruit. |
| Flesh Colour | Green-yellow. |
| Pressure | 17-20 lbs pressure reading typical at harvest. |
| Harvest Season | Over the past two years at Kentville the average harvest date has been October 18. |
| Storage | Suncrisp is said to be an excellent keeper. It is reported to have good textural and flavour characteristics after five to six months of common storage at 1ºC. In limited storage of Cultivar Evaluation Trial (CET) fruit at Kentville Suncrisp has maintained texture and flavour until March in common storage. |
| Strains | None identified to date. |
| Tree: |
| Vigour | Semi-vigourous. |
| Habit | Upright to semi-erect. |
| Precocity | Very precocious. |
| Fruit Placement | Well distributed throughout tree canopy on fruit spurs and terminals. |
| Bloom Period | Late mid season with Golden Delicious. |
| Pollination | Appears to be pollinated by most other varieties blooming at the same time. |
| Nutrition | Unknown at this point. |
| Crop | Productive. Can become biennial. |
| Synchrony | Can be harvested in one pick. |
| Adaptation | Suncrisp was planted in the CET in 1996 and has shown no problems with respect to adaptation to our conditions. |
| Disease Reaction | Unknown at this point. |
| Insect Reaction | Unknown at this point. |
| Rootstock | At this point Suncrisp has only been grown on M9 rootstock in Nova Scotia. Although Suncrisp is semi-vigourous it is likely that more vigourous rootstocks will be needed under certain conditions in order to attain adequate tree size. |
| Comments: |
| Suncrisp is a promising variety that has been grown on a limited scale in Nova Scotia over the last three years. The information contained in this fact sheet is based on limited experience with this variety in our region. |
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