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Anna apple



Anna is a Golden Delicious-style apple, developed in Israel specifically for cultivation in "low-chill" areas where winter temperatures rarely drop to freezing.  Most apple varieties require 800 hours or more of winter temperatures in the range from about 6C / 45F down to freezing, in order to become dormant, which is an essential part of their annual cycle  - this is the "chill requirement".  Anna has an exceptionally low chill requirement, and will thrive even in climates where temperatures dip towards freezing for only 300 hours or so each winter.  This makes it ideally suited to climates such as southern California and southern Texas which are in USDA zones 8-10.

Anna is a very early-season apple, ripening in late June / early July.  It bears fruit early in the life of the tree.

Last updated 19 Jun 2011.

A very early season Golden Delicious style apple variety from Israel, noted for its very low chill requirement of less than 300 hours.

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Golden Delicious
  • Originates from: Israel
  • Introduced: 1959
  • Developed by: Abba Stein at the Ein Shemer kibbutz
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 122200

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Red / Green
  • Fruit size: Large Large if thinned.

Using

  • Good for eating fresh
  • Good for cooking
  • Cooking result: Keeps shape
  • Ripening period: Early season
  • Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks

Growing

  • Cropping: Heavy
  • Flowering period: Extremely early
  • Flowering group: 0 Flowers exceptionally early - January in southern California, usually grown alongside Dorsett Golden.
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Triploid: No
  • Precocity: Precocious

Climate

  • Suitable for warm climates
  • Low-chill requirement

Relationships to other varieties

Parents and other ancestors of this variety:

See also:

  • Dorsett Golden - Anna and Dorsett Golden are natural partners, being the only varieties which flower so early in the season.

Anna identification photos from official fruit collections


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Current rating: 3.7 out of 5. Total votes cast: 12
 

Visitor comments

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30 Mar 2012 George HockelCALIFORNIA, United States
So many apples! I have to cull them greatly to keep the branches from breaking.
21 Nov 2011 Neil HendersonCALIFORNIA, United States
We live just North of San Diego, and are getting 3 or 4 crops from our dwarf Anna, seems like fruit is on it year round. She is a young tree, so the fruit is small. We have trouble keeping the squirrels and coyotes away from her. Her fruit is great in salads.
08 Jan 2011 Justin RussellQUEENSLAND, Australia
Tasted my first Anna this afternoon. Good sized fruit, green with a pink blush, white flesh. Crisp and juicy. Nicely flavoured with good balance of sweetness and acidity, followed by a refreshing, almost grassy finish reminiscent of hot summer afternoons. If I was living somewhere subtropical, and Anna was one of my only options, I'd be pretty well pleased with her qualities.
28 Dec 2010 Kevin HauserCALIFORNIA, United States
Anna also makes wonderful pies; the slices hold up well and you can smell the aroma two blocks away!
22 Nov 2010 Yechezkel SchatzOFRA, Israel
Anna is very popular here in Israel. It ripens very very early, and has a lot of fans for its distinct falvor and tartness. It's also very popular for growing in many areas in Israel that don't get a significant number of chill hours. My parents' tree had two crops last year. On the down side, Anna apples have a very poor shelf life and get bruised very easily; by the time they make it to market they can often be pretty lousy if not handled carefully.
17 Sep 2010 DonCALIFORNIA, United States
I live in a very hot and dry area of Riverside County in Southern California. This tree is doing well here. Picked fruit this year from June 15 - 30th.
25 May 2010 Gokalp SofuogluADANA, Turkey
The earliest apple in Turkey !! Great shape, good size, tasteful...

12 May 2010 Anna CroftonUnited States
Oh my, this apple is great. I can't explain my absolute adoration for this varieties. I live in Northern New York, so our grocery stores never carry this type, but whenever I visit my condo in Santa Ana, California, I buy a bunch of these apples. I just can not get enough of this apple!
28 Mar 2010 Larry SaltzmanCALIFORNIA, United States
I live in Southern California. This is an incredible apple for our climate. It is capable of two crops a year and ripens in June to early July. Along with Dorsett Golden (May ripener) and Ein Shemer (June to July) we have an extended apple season. These apples hold us until the latter apples start ripening.
01 Jan 2010 Orange PippinUnited Kingdom
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Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2012 season

  • 4th February  2012  - tree owned by Randy in BAXLEY, United States

2011 season

  • March  2011  - tree owned by Randy in BAXLEY, United States

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2012 season

    2011 season

    • 3rd week June  2011  - tree owned by Randy in BAXLEY, United States

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