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Idared apple

Idared is notable for its exceptional keeping qualities. It has a pleasant mild but undistinguished apple flavor.

Idared - the red apple from Idaho - is an attractive apple with a mild apple flavor.

Its main feature is its remarkably long storage potential - even in a domestic fridge it will readily keep for 6 months.  As a result it has become quite popular, both in North America and Europe, even though its flavor probably only rates as average.

Last updated 31 Aug 2011.

Summary

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Jonathan x Wagener
  • Origin: Moscow, Idaho, United States
  • Introduced: 1930s
  • Developed by: Idaho Agricultural Experimental Station
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 109200
  • Some historical details taken with kind permission from 'The New Book of Apples' by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards , illustrated by Elisabeth Dowle, published by Ebury Press, 2002.

Identification

  • Bultitude apple group: 6. Red flushed, smooth, sweet

Using

  • Good for eating fresh
  • Good for cooking
  • Flavour quality: Good
  • Flavour style: Sweet/Sharp
  • Ripening period: Late season
  • Use / keeping: 3 months or more

Growing

  • Cropping: Heavy
  • Flowering period: Early-Mid season
  • Flowering group: 2
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Triploid: No
  • Vigour: Slightly small
  • Precocity: Precocious
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • Frost-resistant blossom

Climate

  • Suitable for warm climates
  • Suitable for temperate climates

Other qualities

  • RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993

Disease resistance

  • Mildew  - Some susceptibility
  • Fireblight  - Some susceptibility

Relationships to other varieties

Parents and other ancestors of this variety:

Offspring of this variety:

Idared identification photos from official fruit collections


UK National Fruit Collection

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Idared identification photos from website visitors


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Idared


Rate this variety for flavor

Current rating: 3 out of 5. Total votes cast: 4
 

Visitor comments

(Use the form at the bottom to add your own comments about this variety)

30 Oct 2011 Glenn SmithWI/BARRON, United States
We have been buying Idareds in the fall for at least 4 years. With refrigeration they keep until June. Flesh is crisp and white with sweet/tangy flavor similar to Jonathon. Excellent for pies, baking, frying, eating fresh
14 Oct 2011 BettyONTARIO, Canada
I picked some Ida Red apples from a local Orchard and they are perfect large juicy firm apples.A good choice !
06 Oct 2011 BoydNEW BRUNSWICK, Canada
I bought a bag of Ida Reds on my way back from Nova Scotia, and they taste suspiciously like McIntosh; not like some Ida Reds I purchased a few years ago which as I recall were sweet and quite firm. The apples I just bought are tangy and somewhat soft. I'm not satisfied with them. Next time I buy an Ida Red, I will sample it first.
10 May 2009 Nancy WilsonONTARIO, Canada
This apple,honestly, doesn't number among my favourites, but it's very useful because it keeps in ordinary cool basement storage extremely well, better than a Golden Russet or Northern Spy(which are traditional Canadian/American winter storage varieties).I wouldn't grow this if I was limited to just a few trees because there are better tasting varieties. But for homegrown apples in late winter, it's the best keeper I've found. It's pretty good in pies, too, although I've never seen it listed as a cooking apple.
13 Nov 2008 Garry LadouceurPAYERNE, Switzerland
A wonderful sweet yet sharp taste that remains consistent. I have rarely ever found a "wooden" tasting Idared.

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Fruit tree register

Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.

The following Idared trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.

You can also view these trees on a map.

United States

United Kingdom

Hungary

Canada



Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2011 season

  • May  2011  - tree owned by v in LUCKNOW, Canada
  • May  2011  - tree owned by Leslie in KELOWNA, Canada
  • 13th April  2011  - tree owned by James in MELBOURNE, United Kingdom

2010 season

  • April  2010  - tree owned by Leslie in KELOWNA, Canada

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2011 season

  • 2nd week October  2011  - tree owned by v in LUCKNOW, Canada
  • 2nd week October  2011  - tree owned by Leslie in KELOWNA, Canada
  • 1st week September  2011  - tree owned by James in MELBOURNE, United Kingdom

2010 season

  • 1st week October  2010  - tree owned by Leslie in KELOWNA, Canada

Mature heights for Idared trees

This table shows the likely mature height for a Idared tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.

Rootstock Soil quality
Poor Below average Average Above average Very good
P22 2.1 ft
0.6 m		 2.6 ft
0.8 m		 3.2 ft
1.0 m		 3.7 ft
1.1 m		 4.2 ft
1.3 m
M27 2.4 ft
0.7 m		 3.0 ft
0.9 m		 3.6 ft
1.1 m		 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 4.8 ft
1.5 m
M9 3.6 ft
1.1 m		 4.5 ft
1.4 m		 5.4 ft
1.7 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.2 ft
2.2 m
Bud.9 3.6 ft
1.1 m		 4.5 ft
1.4 m		 5.4 ft
1.7 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.2 ft
2.2 m
Geneva 16 3.6 ft
1.1 m		 4.5 ft
1.4 m		 5.4 ft
1.7 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.2 ft
2.2 m
Geneva 11 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 5.3 ft
1.6 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.4 ft
2.3 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m
M26 4.5 ft
1.4 m		 5.6 ft
1.7 m		 6.8 ft
2.1 m		 7.9 ft
2.4 m		 9.0 ft
2.8 m
Geneva 30 4.8 ft
1.5 m		 6.0 ft
1.8 m		 7.2 ft
2.2 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m		 9.6 ft
2.9 m
MM102 4.8 ft
1.5 m		 6.0 ft
1.8 m		 7.2 ft
2.2 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m		 9.6 ft
2.9 m
M7 5.4 ft
1.7 m		 6.8 ft
2.1 m		 8.1 ft
2.5 m		 9.5 ft
2.9 m		 10.8 ft
3.3 m
M116 5.4 ft
1.7 m		 6.8 ft
2.1 m		 8.1 ft
2.5 m		 9.5 ft
2.9 m		 10.8 ft
3.3 m
MM106 6.0 ft
1.8 m		 7.5 ft
2.3 m		 9.0 ft
2.8 m		 10.5 ft
3.2 m		 12.0 ft
3.7 m
MM111 7.2 ft
2.2 m		 9.0 ft
2.8 m		 10.8 ft
3.3 m		 12.6 ft
3.9 m		 14.4 ft
4.4 m
Bud.118 7.8 ft
2.4 m		 9.8 ft
3.0 m		 11.7 ft
3.6 m		 13.7 ft
4.2 m		 15.6 ft
4.8 m
M25 9.0 ft
2.8 m		 11.3 ft
3.5 m		 13.5 ft
4.1 m		 15.8 ft
4.8 m		 18.0 ft
5.5 m

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