HoneycrispThe Honeycrisp apple is a high quality apple which keeps well for 5-6 months in common storage. The tree is one of the most vigorous and hardy of apple trees, showing little damage at -40 degrees. Needs to be thinned heavily. Honeycrisp fruit is characterized by an exceptionally crisp and juicy texture. Its flesh is cream colored and coarse. The flavor is sub-acid and ranges from mild and well-balanced to strongly aromatic, depending on the degree of maturity. Great eating apple with its subacid flavor. Develops its full aromatic flavor if left on the tree until mid October. ... additional info
Prairifire The new foliage is reddish-maroon, aging to reddish-green. The tree form is upright, spreading, and becoming eventually round at maturity. The firm fruits age to a cherry red. It is probably the most disease resistant of all crabapple selections. |
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