Disease Resistant Apples @ Cummins Nursery Catalog 2004

*PRISTINE® Recently released from the Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois breeding program (PRI). Resistant to scab, fire blight, powdery mildew, and cedar apple rust. Maturity date is quite early -- late July, just after Lodi; requires multiple pickings. It is a smooth, glossy golden-skinned apple with a slightly spicy flavor. Good shelf life for a summer apple. Very early bearing. Royalty $1.00 per tree. Plant Patent #9881.

*WILLIAMS' PRIDE Perhaps the best flavored of the older disease-resistant apples. Another PRI introduction. Long harvest requires 2 or 3 pickings. Attractive fruit with an 80% dark red stripe on a green-yellow background. Resistant to scab, fire blight, powdery mildew, and cedar apple rust. Short shelf life. Plant Patent #6268. Plant Patent #6268.

WOLF RIVER Old variety with multiple resistances. Excellent baker, fair for sauce; not for eating out-of-hand. Very large. Hardy to -40.

*REDFREE Has 90%, full red Jonathan-type color. Ripens with Paulared, about 6 weeks before Delicious, but much better flavor. The flesh is firm with a flavor that has been compared to Empire. Aggressive thinning is required to get good size and to avoid biennial production. In addition to resistance to scab, cedar apple rust, fireblight, and mildew, it appears to be somewhat resistant to red mites. Plant Patent #4322 Royalty $1.00 per tree.

*DAYTON This apple was released for commercial orchards in scab-prone areas because of its high dessert quality and consistent bearing habits. Moderately resistant to fire blight; susceptible to C.A.R. Tested as Co-op 21. Ripens with Prima, 3 weeks before red Delicious. It's an attractive glossy red fruit with mild flavor. Annual cropper. Grower-friendly tree. Plant Patent #5584. Royalty $1.00 per tree.

*PRIMA First introduction from the PRI program; originally tested as Co-op 2. Dark red blush over yellow-green. Good Jonathan-type flavor. Ripens a week before McIntosh, 3 weeks before Delicious. Moderately resistant to fire blight. Resistant to cedar apple rust but susceptible to quince rust. On Bud.9 for 2009. Plant Patent Reissue #28435.

JONAFREE. Jonathan-type, but not as high a flavor. Intermediate tolerance to fire blight, powdery mildew and crown rot.

MURRAY Medium-large fruit ripening about 2 weeks before Liberty, a week before McIntosh; dark red; attractive. Very juicy; good sugar/acid balance; good eating apple, but not for cooking. Productive. Immune to scab; resistant to C.A.R.

AKANE Jonathan hybrid from Japan. Earliest of the really good eating apples, ripening in mid-August in Geneva. Bright cherry-red, medium size fruit. Ripening fruit hangs well. Tolerant of (BUT NOT IMMUNE TO) apple scab in most years. Moderately resistant to blight and to C.A.R.

ALKMENE A Cox's Orange Pippin cross. Red-orange fruit with a delightful sharp tang. Early ripening -- about with Sansa, well before Redfree. Annual bearing. Fairly compact. Considerable scab tolerance.

LIBERTY This disease-resistant apple has been making a major impact in the eastern U.S. Many independent taste panels have rated it the best among the resistant varieties, usually above Empire, and always rated it above McIntosh. Good well-balanced sweet-tart flavor with an attractive red skin makes Liberty competitive with "standard" apples. This apple is not just for the back yard grower but will be important for direct-sales. With consumer interest in low spray and organic produce rising, there comes a need for a high quality cultivar like Liberty.

LIBDEL. A Liberty x Delicious cross with the same resistances as Liberty. A huge triploid. An ideal cooking apple -- small core, not much peeling to be done to fill the pot. Dessert quality good, but not as good as Liberty. No biennial bearing.

*FREEDOM Large juicy fruits are 50-80% red striped over yellow. The trees are vigorous, spreading and very productive. Blooms early midseason with Jonamac. Ripens with Delicious. Average storage life is 3 months. Very good cooking apple because of its tart flavor. Immune to scab; moderately resistant to blight and C.A.R. Plant Patent No. 5723. Royalty $1.00 per tree. PP#5723.

NOVAEASYGRO A Spartan daughter from the Nova Scotia breeding program. Eating quality improves with storage. Similar to Cortland. Very sweet; and moderately juicy. Scab-immune; resistant to C.A.R. and to powdery mildew; blight-susceptible. .

SCARLETT O'HARA New! from the PRI breeding program. Tested as Coop 25. Late ripening. Brilliant red skin. Mild flavor. Excellent keeper.PPAF; Royalty $1.00/tree.

NOVASPY Also from the Nova Scotia breeding program, NovaEasyGro x (Northern Spy x Golden Delicious). Novaspy is the first DRC to have a touch of Northern Spy flavor. First fruiting at Geneva looks great. Ripens 4 or 5 days after Delicious, just before Northern Spy. Midseason bloom. Excellent storage. Moderately productive. Susceptible to cedar apple rust.

FLORINA QUERINA Great name!! From the French breeding program at Angers. Except for its Vf scab resistance, a different genetic background from the rest of our DRCs. Good keeper. Fruit is very aromatic. Precocious; terminal bearer. Tolerant of powdery mildew.

PRISCILLA A Delicious hybrid from the PRI program, ripening 10 to 15 days before Delicious. Originally tested as Co-op 4. Short conic fruit; bright red finish; medium large. Rich flavor with distinctive licorice tang; on the sweet side. Annually productive. Quite resistant to fire blight and cedar apple rust.

GENEVA CRAB Typically a 2-1/2 inch fruit; very dark red with rose-red flesh and pink juice. Tart; slightly astringent. Resistant to almost all races of scab fungus.

RICHELIEU A new introduction from the Agriculture Canada breeding program in Quebec. Fruit is medium-large. Ripens 3 to 5 days before MacIntosh. Susceptible to rusts; tolerant to fire blight and powdery mildew. Winter hardy.

PRIAM Bred in the PRI program, but introduced in France, specifically for the humid climate of the Garonne Valley near Bordeaux. Bright red fruit, grower-friendly tree. Ripens in Delicious season. Very productive. Excellent storage.

ANTONOVKA KAMENICHKA Russian eating apple. Usually 2-1/2 inch diameter; yellow; rough finish. Tart. Scab-immune. Tolerant to fire blight. Very winter hardy.

ANTONOVKA 1-1/2 POUND Very large green cooking apple from . Hardy to -40. Polygenic resistance to apple scab. Susceptible to fire blight.

CHEHALIS Large crisp, sweet yellow apple. Ripens with Mac. Very productive. Considerable scab tolerance.

SIR PRIZE Very large, high quality yellow apple from the PRI breeding program-- a triploid with 2 genomes from its Golden Delicious seed parent. Very attractive light yellow, glossy skin. Crisp but quite tender; easily bruised. Rich flavor with good sugar/acid balance. Grower-friendly, vigorous tree; annual production. Moderately susceptible to fire blight and cedar apple rust.

ENTERPRISE. Introduced from the PRI breeding program. Tested as CO-OP 30. Fruit is medium to large. Skin is a glossy, very bright red on deep yellow ground. Flesh is cream, medium-fine texture, crisp. Tree is medium to vigorous, spreading, annual cropping. Late bloom. Harvest is two weeks after Delicious. High quality storage apple. After 6 months in common storage, it still retains an excellent texture with a full, slightly spicy flavor. Worthy of commercial planting. Scab-immune; resistant to fire blight and C.A.R. Plant patent #9193. Royalty $1.00 per tree.

*GOLDRUSH^TMNew from the PRI breeding program, a Golden Delicious hybrid. Tested as CO-OP 38. A high quality, yellow winter apple. It has a pleasant tart flavor at harvest that develops into a very rich, well-balanced flavor after a few weeks in storage. Outstanding storage life. It is a moderately vigorous semi-spur tree. Royalty $1.00 per tree. Plant Patent #9932.

DISEASE-RESISTANT APPLES