Benoni
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
American late-summer apple with small fruit and short shelf life.
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5🇺🇸 USA 1832Dessert
Profile
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Small, red early apple; rated 3+, moderate to fair. Fruit conspicuously small over the years. Keeps only about 3 weeks.
Growth
Medium vigour with steep, dense branching.
Yield
Irregular cropping, possibly due to virus infection.
Notes
Recommended only with reservations; the consistently small fruit and irregular crop suggest possible virus infection.
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