A highly flavored, late-season dessert apple, perfect for organic production.
Idared Apple on MM.111 (Spring 2026)
An outstanding late-season storage apple. Also known as Ida Red.
Idared is an early bloomer and late ripener; in Apples for the 21st Century, Manhart notes that it is the primary pollinator for Gravenstein in Oregon. The tree is smallish, precocious, and a reliable cropper, with an open, upright-spreading habit.
A cross of Jonathan and Wagener, Idared looks much like Jonathan, but is somewhat larger. The apple is slightly flat and ribbed, and colored almost solid red over a greenish background. The flesh is crisp, and the flavor (when fully ripened) is rich and complex. This highly aromatic apple is one of the best keepers available; it will hold its flavor and texture in regular refrigeration for six months! Idared is a great baking and sauce apple, and it is also a useful apple for adding some late-season acidity to cider blends. At Eve's Cidery it is used to add a layer of "sweet, ripe, red apple aromas" to the blend.
Idared was developed at the Idaho Experiment Station. It was selected in 1935 and released in 1942.
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The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Cider, Cold-Hardy, Hot-Climate, Dessert
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, cider, baking, storage, sauce
Cider classification: sharp
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: white
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Jonathan x Wagener
Origin: Moscow, Idaho
Introduced in: 1942
Introduced by: Idaho Experiment Station
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 3 - 7
Chill hours: 800
Ripening date: Oct 27 (approximate, in New York State) + 42 days after McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: MM.111 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Semi-Standard (85% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 24'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Fireblight: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible
Cedar-Apple Rust: Susceptible
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 2
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Semi-Standard (85% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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V 1.037; Mutsu N.05A, N.17A, N.29, N.35, N.36A; Standard NE 6.06; SF 25.03
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