An attractive, highly disease-resistant apple, ideal for organic growers.
Mollie's Delicious Apple on G.935 (Spring 2024)
An attractive, early-season dessert apple with a low chill-hours requirement. Also known as NJ 28, Mollies.
Mollie's Delicious is a productive, annual tree with an upright-spreading habit. It is late blooming, but the bloom is extended, making it a great pollenizer. This tree also has a low chill-hours requirement (500 hours), and is a good choice for the warmer climates in southern states and Southern California. It is susceptible to fireblight, powdery mildew, and scab, but resistant to cedar-apple rust. Southern growers will be glad to know that Mollie's has demonstrated alternaria resistance.
Do not confuse this apple with Red Delicious! Mollie's is a far superior fruit, and is actually descended from Golden Delicious. This attractive apple is quite large, red washed over yellow, ribbed, and distinctly heart shaped. It ripens early and the flavor has the sweetness of Golden Delicious balanced by the aromatic complexity of Red Gravenstein, another parent. It hangs well on the tree and will store for up to ten weeks. If you want an apple that is actually delicious, Mollie's is an excellent choice.
Mollie's Delicious was developed by G. W. Schneider at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in New Brunswick. It was selected in 1956 and introduced in 1966.
The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Apple
Subcategory:
Hot-Climate
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, baking
Storage duration: one to three months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: cream
Fruit Origins
Parentage: (Golden Delicious x Edgewood) x (Red Gravenstein x Close)
Origin: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Introduced in: 1966
Introduced by: G. W. Schneider, NJAES
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 500
Ripening date: Aug 11 (approximate, in New York State) 35 days before McIntosh
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: G.935 Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Semi-Dwarf (40% of Standard)
Tree spacing (natural spread of tree): 12'
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Fireblight: Susceptible
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible
Apple Scab: Susceptible
Cedar-Apple Rust: Resistant
Alternaria Leaf Blotch: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 5
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Semi-Dwarf (40% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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