Description
Karmijn de Sonnaville is a medium to small, flavorful apple, with red, orange, yellow, and green coloring. Its rich, sweet-tart flavor and its crisp, juicy flesh makes it an especially good cider apple.
Discovered: 1949, Netherlands
Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan or Belle de Boskoop
Harvest: Midseason
History
Karmijn was first grown in the Netherlands in 1949 and was commercially distributed beginning in 1971. Its parentage includes Cox’s Orange Pippin and Jonathan.