FOR THE SOUTHEAST-Apples

BRAEBURN  Outstanding quality in this New Zealand introduction -- but late-maturing. High quality; good keeper.  Very precocious and productive;  somewhat lazy tree. Early midseason bloom.  Rather low chilling requirement.  Quite susceptible to fire blight. 

FUJI This could be the most important variety for the Carolinas and Virginia.  This Nagano strain finishes to a brilliant red.    See under "Main Crop".     

GRANNY SMITH The  green apple--the apple that made Australia famous!!  Truly good quality if allowed to ripen (unlike those wooden Grannies you find in the supermarket).  When fully ripened on the tree (about 3 weeks after Delicious), the side exposed to sun will take on a faint pink blush -- the "champagne Granny".  An excellent processor, now being planted rather heavily in the Mid-Atlantic states.     

HARDY CUMBERLAND  The climate of the Mid-South is more challenging than generally recognized.  Hardy Cumberland is tolerant of both climate and the diseases endemic in the great region from  the Southern Appalachians across the Cumberland Plateau.  Dark red, firm, good storage.   

MOLLIE'S DELICIOUS     (Golden Delicious X Gravenstein) x (Edgewood X Clo). Harvest: late August; Season: August - October. A very good to excellent early apple ripening. Fruits are large to very large, conical in shape with a pinkish red color. Has an exceptionally pleasing aftertaste. This quality can be maintained in refrigerated storage for at least 10 weeks. Slow to bear and a tendency toward biennial bearing. Growth habit is moderately vigorous and spreading. One of the easiest to train. 

HAWAII Large yellow fruit with exotic flavor.  Low chilling.  

* Pink Lady