It is a cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. The Sundowner tree is described as a vigorous standard type with the growth pattern being upright with numerous spurs. It is considered precocious, sets well and will size a heavy crop. Possible slightly biennial. The fruit is a distinctive attractive red with white lenticels.
Color varies according to fruit exposure.
Flesh is white, crisp, juicy and very sweet. We believe this new variety will be quite suitable for those areas with a long growing season. Sundowner has proven to be a very good keeper with a long shelf life, also has not been detected to have storage scald. We invite our growers to test this variety as we feel it has a great potential for marketability. Please contact us if you would like more information on Sundowner or to place your name on the list for test trees.