A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Sunrise (apple) Apple on G.969 (Spring 2025)
A delicious early-season cultivar from British Columbia. Also known as 8C-27-96.
This tree is vigorous, precocious, and productive. It has some resistance to powdery mildew.
Sunrise is a large, early-season apple with red stripes over a yellow background. Although it won't store for more than a couple of weeks in regular refrigeration, this is a great dessert apple with much more flavor than we typically expect from early apples. The flesh is sweet, juicy, and crisp, and the fruit hangs well on the tree for multiple pickings. This is an excellent early-season variety for backyard growers and U-pick orchards.
Including McIntosh and Golden Delicious in its parentage, Sunrise comes to us from the Summerland Research Station in British Columbia. Other varieties from this program include Spartan apple and the Stella and Sweetheart cherries.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, baking, sauce
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: cream
Fruit Origins
Parentage: 10C-10-19 (=McIntosh x Golden Delicious) x PCF 3-120 (a chance seedling)
Origin: Summerland, B.C., Canada
Introduced in: 1991
Introduced by: David Lane and Richard MacDonald
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 4 - 9
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 16 (approximate, in New York State) 30 days before McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.969 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Semi-Dwarf (45% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 12'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Powdery Mildew: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 2
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Semi-Dwarf (45% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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