All about apples, pears, plums, and cherries - and orchards where they are grown

SmittenTM apple

Smitten is a modern apple variety, developed in New Zealand, but closely related to some popular modern English varieties - Fiesta and Falstaff, as well as Gala and Braeburn.

Given its parentage it is not surprising it has good keeping qualities - Fiesta, Gala, and Braeburn all store very well.

Smitten is the trademark, the cultivar name is PremA17.

Visitor reviews

03 Dec 2017 Nicole, GA, United States
Superb. If you like fuji-types, you'll like this
02 Nov 2017 John Weber, PA, United States
Tastes like a brighter, slightly crisper honeycrisp to me. A superlative apple for eating fresh.

Tree register

We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet.

Origins

Species: Malus domestica
Parentage: Falstaff X Fiesta sibling and Braeburn X Royal Gala
Originates from: New Zealand
Introduced: 1995
Developed by: Plant & Food Research
Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 4447

Identification

Fruit colour: Red / Orange flush
Fruit size: Medium

Using

Uses: Eat fresh
Flavour quality: Very good
Flavour style: Sweet/Sharp
Harvest period: Mid-Late season
Use / keeping: 3 months or more

Growing

Cropping: Good
Flowering period: Mid season
Flowering group: 3
Fertility: Self-sterile
Ploidy: Diploid
Vigour: Slightly large
Bearing regularity: Regular
Gardening skill: Average
Precocity: Precocious
Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
Period of origin: 1950 - 1999

Parents and other ancestors of this variety

Where to buy fresh fruit

No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.

Varieties you viewed

You may not reproduce any of the content of this website without our express permission.
We do not accept any liability for loss or damage incurred as a result of any errors in the content of this website.