The Sweet Sixteen Apple is an all purpose yellow fleshed red-striped apple that is famous for its exotic taste. It has an excellent sweet, unusual flavour – like cherry candy, spices and hints of vanilla. It’s an outstanding dessert apple. Excellent for fresh eating and cooking and stores for 3 months in cold storage. Fruit can be harvested around mid-late September. Developed by the University of Minnesota and released in 1978.
Growers Note:
Can be a late apple to ripen especially in colder regions, best to be grown in zones 3b-4...
Hardiness Zone: 3b/4
Height at Maturity: 6 meters (20 feet)
Spread: 4 meters (16 feet)
Soil Preference: Well drained
Light: Full sun
Pollination: Self-sterile (Needs another apple tree nearby for best pollination)
Latin Name: Malus ‘Sweet Sixteen’