Karmijn de Sonnaville is a relatively unknown Cox-style apple, from the Netherlands. Despite its English Cox ancestry, Karmijn de Sonnaville is much happier in a continental climate and is well suited to the northern states, where it can develop the kind of aromatic complex flavors associated with Cox.
Like many Cox-style varieties, Karmijn de Sonnaville is a useful variety for juicing.
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Karmijn de Sonnaville is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Karmijn de Sonnaville) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Karmijn de Sonnaville. If you need further advice on this just get in touch.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Karmijn de Sonnaville seems to grow better in the continental climate of North America than it does in its native Europe.
It is fairly easy to grow, the only thing to look out for is that it is a triploid variety and therefore needs 2 separate pollination partners.
Like Cox, disease resistance is not great, but the natural vigor of Karmijn de Sonnaville seems to help it keep going.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
University of Wageningen, Netherlands, 1950s. A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and either Belle de Boskoop or Jonathan.
