A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
SnowSweet® Apple on G.11 (Spring 2026)
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A modern, cold hardy, disease resistant, and very tasty variety from Minnesota. Also known as Wilding.
This tree is easy to grow; it is vigorous, spreading-drooping, and cold hardy to zone 4. It is moderately resistant to both fireblight and scab.
SnowSweet® is a pretty medium-large sized apple with skin that is burnished, bronze-red over yellow-green. The flesh, as you would imagine, is bright white, and it is very slow to oxidize, making this an excellent apple for slicing into salads. The texture is breaking and tender, and the flavor is sweet-tart and rich. The developers describe the flavor as "almost buttery" and other tasters find notes of spice and coconut. The fruit ripens mid-late season, and it will store well for 60-80 days.
SnowSweet® is the 24th variety to come out of the University of Minnesota breeding program. It is a cross of two breeding varieties, Sharon and Connell Red, and its striking white flesh comes from McIntosh, which is found on both sides of the family tree.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Disease-Resistant, Cold-Hardy
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Sharon X Connell Red
Origin: Minnesota
Introduced in: 2008
Introduced by: David Bedford; University of Minnesota
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 4 - 7
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Oct 13 (approximate, in New York State) + 28 days after McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.11 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Dwarf (25% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 8'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
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Fireblight: Resistant
Apple Scab: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Dwarf (25% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of SnowSweet® Apple on G.11. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.
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| Tolman Sweet Apple on G.41 | 188 |
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| Cortland Apple on G.41 | 148 |
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