Modern Apples

If you've ever heard of an apple- its probably the Honeycrisp. The University of Minnesota introduced this cold hardy apple variety in 1991 and it ...

Developed in 1955 at the NYSAES as an offspring of the Macoun and Purdue 54-12 (a Japanese flowering crabapple) to create an extremely disease resi...

First developed in the Purdue University Horticultural Farm in 1982, the Enterprise Apple is another in several modern apples prized for its disea...

Introduced from the Purdue-Rutgers-U of I Apple Breeding Program in 1994, the GoldRush apple is an excellent late season apple. Originally known as...

Similar to its parent, the famous Honeycrisp Apple, the Royal Red Honeycrisp (RRHC) is more uniformly red, sweeter, and has better storage capacity...

Discovered as a chance seedling in the Similkameen Valley in British Columbia, Canada in the 1990s. Because it was discovered by chance, there is n...

First created at Rutgers Fruit Research Center in New Jersey in 1971 and is a cross between apple PCF2-134 and PRI 669-205. The CrimsonCrisp® was c...

Created at Cornell University’s Agricultural Station in 1898, the Cortland Apple is a popular tree around the Great Lakes even today. It is now the...

First breed in the 1930s, this apple has grown to be one of the most popular apples sold around the world. Its lengthy storage abilities and crisp ...

Developed from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in the 1950s; the Freedom Apple counts the McIntosh, Macoun, the ever prolific Go...

Introduced in 1999 by the University of Minnesota as another cold hardy apple. The Zestar, also called Minnewashta, is a cross between the State Fa...

Bred at the Department of Agriculture in Western Australia in 1970 by researcher John Cripps. He crossed the red Australian apple Lady Williams wit...

First found in a New Mexico Valley in the 1940s, the Champagne has quite the volatile history. The Dixon family began growing this apple as soon a...

A relatively newer apple with the iconic red flesh, the Red King is a distant offspring of the Red Delicious. It retains the Red Delicious' shape b...

First available in 2021, the Triumph apple is a recent University of Minnesota variety. A cross between the Honey Crisp and Liberty apples, the Tri...

The Braeburn apple is a popular apple cultivar that originated in New Zealand in the 1950s. It is known for its firm, crisp, and tangy fruit, which...

The Empire is a hybrid of the McIntosh and Red Delicious apple varieties, and was developed by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station i...

The Prairie Magic Apple is a wonderfully cold hardy variety hailing from Jeffries Nurseries in Neepawa, Mantioba. Wilfrid Drysdale crossed a Goodl...

First crossed at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Angers, France in 1985 as a disease resistant offspring of the Gala Apple. It...

Literally descriptive name, this apple both ripens early and is a golden yellow color. It is nearly perfectly round with a yellow hue that softens ...

The Royal Empire Apple (REA) is a sport of the popular Empire Apple. First discovered in 1992, this sport has grown to dominate the Empire market. ...

The Dandee Red was first discovered in 1997 in Roger, Ohio by Dan Simmons and released to the public in 2006. Literally growing as a limb off a Pa...

First developed in the mid 2000s and available to the public in 2009 by the Purdue University Apple Breeding Program. It is a cross between Rock 41...

The patented sport of the popular Cortland apple- the Royal Court Cortland Apple (RCCA) is brighter, redder, and more disease resistant than its pa...