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Parentage / Origin:
Spur McIntosh x Spur Golden Delicious; Originated in Summerland, British Columbia. New in 1992.
Harvest / Season:
Description: Medium size fruit is very similar in appearance to Granny Smith. Flesh is creamy light green and has a coarse texture with a sprightly flavor similar to Macintosh.
Tree Characteristics:
Hardy, semispur tree.
Sharon
Parentage / Origin:
McIntosh x Longfield; Raised 1906, Iowa State Ag. Exp. Station. Introduced in 1922.
Harvest / Season: Ripens midseason.
Description: Yellow fruit striped with red. Flesh sweet, soft & juicy. Can lack acidity and taste woody. Generally similar to McIntosh, but sweeter and firmer. High quality.
Tree Characteristics:
Vigorous, productive tree. Hardy to -50 degrees.
Shay
Parentage / Origin:
Developed at Oregon State University
Harvest / Season:
Description: The red elongated fruit is crisp, sweet, and great for fresh eating.
Tree Characteristics:
Heavy cropper. Scab immune and mildew resistant.
Shiawassee
(Also known as: Shiawassee Beauty)
Parentage / Origin:
Possible Snow x ???; Michigan, 1850.
Harvest / Season: Harvest: September, Season: September
Description: Yellow fruit covered with red flush and darker streaks. Crisp, juicy, aromatic, subacid flavor.
Tree Characteristics:
Hardy, vigorous tree. Light cropper.
Shinsei
Parentage / Origin:
Yellow Delicious x Early McIntosh; Japan. Introduced in 1930. Named 1948
Harvest / Season: Harvest: late September.
Description: Resembles Golden Delicious but harder. Medium size, round, greenish yellow fruit. Firm, fine grained white flesh. Very sweet, scented, crisp & juicy.
Parentage / Origin:
Golden Delicious x Indo; Japan
Harvest / Season: Harvest: Late October Season: Through February
Description: Same parentage as Mutsu (Crispin). Large. Yellow with red-orange blush. Sweeter with less acid than Mutsu (not necessarily preferable), but excellent flavor.
Tree Characteristics:
Testing is underway to determine whether Shizuka may be less susceptible to bacterial spot than Mutsu. Triploid
Sierra Beauty
Parentage / Origin:
Boonville, California
Harvest / Season: Harvest: September to October.
Description: Large blocky handsome apple. Greenish yellow skin. Striped or blushed with red. Juicy very crisp moderately sweet flesh. Rich, tart, sprightly flavor. Excellent for eating fresh or cooking. Good keeper.
Tree Characteristics:
Self fruitful.
Signe Tillisch
Parentage / Origin:
Harvest / Season:
Description:
Tree Characteristics:
Silken (BC 8S-4-33 cv.), USPP #10740, PBR #95-670
Parentage / Origin:
Honeygold x Sunrise; Agriculture Canada, Summerland, BC
Harvest / Season: Harvest: First week September
Description: Medium size. Cream colored translucent. No blush or stripe pattern. Very clear, no visible lenticels. Crisp, juicy, excellent flavor. Short season, not a keeper.
Tree Characteristics:
Low to medium vigor.
Sinta
Parentage / Origin:
Golden Delicious x Grimes Golden; Canada, 1956
Harvest / Season: Harvest: mid October.
Description: Medium sized fruits are pale yellow, sometimes almost white with a pinkish blush in the sun. Crisp, juicy, deep cream flesh; sweet, aromatic flavor superior to either parent.
Tree Characteristics:
Tree spreading, moderately vigorous.
Parentage / Origin:
tetraploid Golden Delicious x PRI 14-152; PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op), 1975
Harvest / Season: Harvest: October
Description: Large greenish yellow fruit. High quality, but very thin tender skin that bruises easily. Very sweet, scented taste, crisp & juicy.
Tree Characteristics:
Strong, vigorous, spreading tree. Immune to scab; resistant to mildew and cedar-apple rust. Excellent home garden apple.
Skinner's Seedling
Parentage / Origin:
Santa Clara, CA 1887
Harvest / Season:
Description: Greenish-yellow apple, blushed pink, good for cooking and eating. Flesh white and fine-grained.
Tree Characteristics:
Medium vigor.
Picture taken at: Christmas Cove
Smokehouse
Parentage / Origin:
Open pollinated seedling of Vandevere; Pennsylvania, 1837
Harvest / Season: Harvest: Sept/October, Season: October - February
Description: Large, flattish shape, yellow flushed and striped red. Flesh crisp, yellowish, moderately fine-grained. Fresh cider flavor. Very good quality cooking, eating, and baking apple. Keeps well through March.
Tree Characteristics:
Vigorous tree. Bears young, quite productive and a reliable bearer.
Harvest / Season: Harvest: Late September through October; Season: Late September -December
Description: Continues to be the most russest-resistant Golden Delicious strain, allowing quality Goldens to be grown where proneness to russetting would otherwise prohibit Golden production. Essentially the same as Golden Delicious except for skin smoothness and russet resistance.
Tree Characteristics:
Like Golden Delicious, one of the most productive, consistent bearers of all apple varieties. Trees are easy to train, only moderately hardy.
Picture taken at: Christmas Cove
Snow
(Also known as: Fameuse, Snow Apple)
Parentage / Origin:
Parent of McIntosh.; Quebec, 1600s.
Harvest / Season: Harvest: late September - early October, Season: October-December
Description: Small to medium sized fruit with beautiful red over cream skin. Name comes from it's pure white flesh occasionally stained crimson near the skin. Soft flesh with an aromatic, distinctive flavor. Used for eating and is excellent for cider.
Tree Characteristics:
Biennial bearing. Very hardy, long lived, healthy tree.
