State Fair apple
Fruit is round, conic, medium sized. Fruit is brilliantly striped with reddish orange over a yellow background. Creamy flesh is firm, juicy aromatic and sweet and firmer than most early varieties. Moderately subacid flavor. Excellent for fresh eating. Keeps well for a summer apple.
Last updated 11 May 2012.Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Mantet x Oriole
- Origin: Minnesota, United States
- Introduced: 1979
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 192400
Using
- Good for eating fresh
- Good for cooking
- Ripening period: Early-Mid season
- Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks
Growing
- Flowering period: Early season
- Flowering group: 2
- Fertility: Self-sterile
- Biennial tendency
Climate
- Tolerates cold winters
Disease resistance
- Fireblight - Very susceptible
Relationships to other varieties
Parents and other ancestors of this variety:
Offspring of this variety:
- Zestar! - along with MN 1691
State Fair identification photos from official fruit collections
State Fair identification photos from website visitors
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 State Fair 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
- Chuck in WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA
- Jim Puffe in MOORHEAD, MN
- Kent Montgomery in BRAINERD, MINNESOTA / CROW WING
Latest Spring blossom records for this variety
2012 season
- 20th April 2012 - tree owned by Chuck in WORTHINGTON, United States
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Latest harvest records for this variety
2012 season
Where to buy apples
United Statesmap >
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Iowamap >
- Blueridge Orchard, Denver
- East View Orchard, Fredericksburg
- Hillside Orchard, Newell
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Minnesotamap >
- Aamodt's Apple Farm and Bakery, Stillwater
- Dayton Avenue Orchard, Adrian
- Fischer's Croix Farm Orchard, Hastings
- J.Q. Fruit Farm, Princeton
- Lucking's Cannon Valley Orchard, Cannon Falls
- Minnesota Harvest, Jordan
- Montgomery Orchards, Montgomery
- Nelson's Apple Farm, Webster
- Novak's Orchards, LLC, Woodbury
- Pleasant Valley Orchard, Taylors Falls
- Red Barn Orchard, Pine River
- Sogn Valley Orchard, Dennison
- Sunrise River Apple Farm, Wyoming
- Sweetland Orchard, Webster
- Two Fruit's Fruits, Hinckley
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South Dakotamap >
- Krause Family Orchard & Nursery Inc., Glenham
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Wisconsinmap >
- Ecker's Apple Farm, Trempealeau
Canadamap >
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British Columbiamap >
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island
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