Summerred

Summerred
Summerred is a true customer favourite on our farm – and it is the flavour and texture that have earned it that position.
Sweetness and fresh acidity come together in a beautifully balanced way, combined with crisp and juicy flesh. The result is an apple with plenty of character, where sweet and tart work together to create a little flavour journey in every bite.
Summerred entered Norwegian cultivation in the 1960s and has since become one of our well-known apple varieties. Every autumn, these beautiful red apples return to Norwegian shops – and there are still plenty of people who specifically wait for Summerred to arrive.
The trees can produce heavy crops, but the grower needs to keep them under control. Good thinning is important both for fruit size and to reduce the risk of biennial bearing the following year.
Summerred does, however, have a less charming side.
Apple scab.
The variety is highly susceptible to scab, and in our climate it can require repeated preventative measures throughout the growing season if we want clean, attractive apples without the characteristic dark scab marks.
So it isn't necessarily the easiest apple to grow.
But customers care very little about how many trips the grower has made through the orchard once they bite into a perfect Summerred.
Then it's the flavour that matters.

- A true customer favourite
- Beautiful red apples with crisp and juicy flesh
- Excellent balance between sweetness and fresh acidity
- High yields
- Requires thinning for good fruit size and to reduce biennial bearing
- Highly susceptible to apple scab
- An important variety in Norwegian apple growing since the 1960s
- An apple many customers look forward to every autumn