

The Sweet Sixteen is one of the best apples to endure cold climates
Available on both Bud 9 and MM111 Rootstock.
The Sweet Sixteen apple was developed at the University of Minnesota in 1977. The Sweet Sixteen is crisp and juicy, has an exotic yellow flesh, mixed with red. It is very sweet, with an unusual flavor of sugar cane, or spicy cherry candy. The fruit can store for 5 to 8 weeks. The Sweet Sixteen is quite vigorous. The fruit may have premature drops. Sweet Sixteen usually ripens, mid- to late September. The Sweet Sixteen is resistant to fire blight and scab. Sweet Sixteen has fragrant, and long-lasting white flowers. Grows in USDA zones 3-9. Blooms midseason and requires another variety growing at the same time for pollination.