Sweet Sixteen is a cultivar of domesticated apple.
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
The fruit is medium size, the apple red striped. Sweet Sixteen has medium storage.
The Sweet Sixteen is one of the best apples to endure cold climates.
Sweet Sixteen has USDA Hardiness Zone of Zones 4 to 7, so can withstand cold winters.
The Sweet Sixteen has good disease resistance.
The Sweet Sixteen thrives in sandy loam to clay loam soil.
Sweet Sixteen is moderately drought tolerant.
Sweet Sixteen prefers full sun.
Sweet Sixteen prefers a pH of 6.0âÂÂ7.0.
The Sweet Sixteen is not self-fertile, and may be pollinated by a variety of other apple cultivars.
The Sweet Sixteen ripens mid- to late September.