An attractive, highly disease-resistant apple, ideal for organic growers.
Prima Apple Scionwood (Spring 2024)
Prima. Primo! A sweet, early apple for organic production. Also known as Coop 2.
Organic growers gasped with awe. Backyard orchadists stared in amazement. A superhero among apples, this was the first modern cultivar bred for resistance to apple scab. It is also resistant fireblight and powdery mildew. Its only kryptonite is cedar-apple rust. This tree is vigorous, productive, and hardy. We are saved!
Swooping into town early in apple season, Prima is a medium-large blocky apple that is mostly blushed pinkish-red over yellow. The flesh is firm, sweet, and subacid. Best eaten fresh, Prima will also store well in regular refrigeration for about a month. The developers at Purdue Extension compare Prima to Jonathan in both appearance and taste.
Pristine comes from the Purdue, Rutgers, and Illinois Universities breeding program. The name, starting with PRI, refers to these organizations and to the fact that this was the first apple to come out of the program. Also hailing from the PRI researchers are Enterprise, William's Pride, and Pristine. All the PRI cultivars get their scab resistance from the vF gene, which is inherited from Malus floribunda.
Volume Pricing
Quantity | Prima Apple Scion |
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1 | $12.00 |
2-5 | $7.00 |
6-10 | $6.00 |
11-99 | $5.00 |
100+ | $4.00 |
The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Disease-Resistant
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, baking, sauce
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: off-white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: PRI 14-510 x NJ 123249
Origin: Urbana, Illinois
Introduced in: 1970
Introduced by: Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Universities
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 25 (approximate, in New York State) 21 days before McIntosh
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Apple Scab: Very Resistant
Cedar-Apple Rust: Susceptible
Fireblight: Resistant
Powdery Mildew: Very Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Pollination Partners
This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Prima Apple. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.
Tree | Currently in Stock |
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Florina Apple | 0 |
Porter's Perfection Apple | 0 |
Spitzenburg Esopus Apple | 0 |
Rubinette Apple | 0 |
Virginia Crab Apple | 0 |
Bramtot Apple | 0 |
Binet Rouge Apple | 0 |
Mother Apple | 0 |
Repinaldo Do Liebana Apple | 0 |
Melrose Apple | 0 |
Muscadet De Dieppe Apple | 0 |
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