Priam apple
Medium range red over green-yellow. Keeps well through January.
USDA identification images for Priam
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
Visitor reviews
- 16 Oct 2011 Heather MillerIL - ILLINOIS, United StatesAWESOME firm, crisp, fine-grained eating apple. Smaller size too, so that kids can eat it all in one sitting.
Tree register
United States
- Ronald Wolfe in Monticello, ILLINOIS
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: PRI 14-126 x Jonathan
- Originates from: United States
- Introduced: 1974
- Developed by: PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op)
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 2003-027
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
Using
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Cropping: Good
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Fruit bearing: Tip-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Priam:
Canada
British Columbia
- Fruit Forest Certified Organic Farm, Cobble Hill
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island