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Varieties
2 varieties
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Awards
- RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour
- Pink
Fruit colour
- White
Category
- Rowan / Whitebeam trees
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Categories
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
2
Stock availability
All
2
In stock
2
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
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Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
2
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Supplied as
Bare-root
1
12L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
2
Average
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
2
Mild damp climates
2
Warm climates
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
Late
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
Good
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
1
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
2
June
1
December
Blossom colour
White
2
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
1
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
3
Orange flush
Pink
2
Purple
Purple - light
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
1
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
2
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Eastern Promise
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus vilmorinii
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
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