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Priscilla apple

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One of the earliest products of the famous collaboration between Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois universities (hence the "PRI" in the variety name) Priscilla is one of the most disease-resistant apples available.



Priscilla identification photos

UK National Fruit Collection
UK National Fruit Collection
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Visitor reviews

  • 25 Jun 2019  Rick Dunifer,  TN, United States
    My Priscilla apple tree bears heavily each year. I think it is one of the best tasting early apples that can be eaten fresh off the tree.
  • 20 Aug 2012  Stephanie,  LOUISIANA, United States
    I bought Priscilla apples this past weekend at a farmers' market in Kenner, Louisiana. The apples came from Hancock County, Mississippi. I made a cobbler with them yesterday. The fruit did very well when baked; did not break down under baking temperatures.

Tree register

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Spring blossom records for this variety

2017 season

  • 12th June  2017  - tree owned by Alain in Petit-Saguenay, Canada

2015 season

  • May  2015  - tree owned by Beverly in Hampton Falls, United States

2014 season

  • 25th April  2014  - tree owned by J.P.Curry in Sturgeon, United States

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Harvest records for this variety

2017 season

  • 2nd week October  2017  - tree owned by Alain in Petit-Saguenay, Canada

2015 season

  • 3rd week September  2015  - tree owned by Beverly in Hampton Falls, United States

2009 season

  • 3rd week September  2009  - tree owned by Glenda in Gold Hill, United States
  • 3rd week September  2009  - tree owned by Glenda in Gold Hill, United States

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Starking Delicious x PRI 610-2
  • Originates from: Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  • Introduced: 1972
  • Developed by: PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op)
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 1849
  • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1974-179

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Red

Using

  • Uses: Eat fresh
  • Flavour quality: Average
  • Flavour style: Sharper
  • Harvest period: Early-Mid season
  • Use / keeping: 2-3 weeks

Growing

  • Cropping: Good
  • Flowering period: Early-Mid season
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • General disease resistance: Good
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999

Parents and other ancestors of this variety


Offspring of this variety


Diseases

  • Canker  - Some susceptibility
  • Scab  - Very resistant
  • Mildew  - Some resistance
  • Fireblight  - Very resistant
  • Cedar apple rust  - Very resistant


Where to buy fresh fruit

United States


Canada




References

  • Cedar-Apple Rust  
    Author: Stephen Vann, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture (FSA7538)
    Rated as resistant - control only needed under high disease pressure.

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