COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF APPLE

Sameer Muhamed
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 APPLE CULTIVARS

 In fifties,the green English varieties-

McIntosh,Jonathan,Golden Delicious,Baldwin,Cox’s
Orange Pippin etc. –predominated

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 Coloured Delicious apples replaced the English
ones-
(75% of the total area in HP,45% in J&K and 30% in UP)

RED DELICIOUS ROYAL DELICIOUS

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Indian Scenario

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 Colour mutants and spur type cultivars are gaining
more importance in the recent years (early
maturity,precocious and prolific bearing habit)

 Spur type cultivars: Starkrimson,Well Spur,

Redspur, Red Chief, Silver Spur

 Standard colour mutants: Vance Delicious,Top

Red, Skyline Supreme,Hardiman,Bright-n-Early

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 COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS

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DELICIOUS
 Chance seedling
 Most widely grown and studied cultivar
 Fruit – conical, protuberance near calyx
 Flesh – firm, sweet & juicy
 Alternate bearing
 Maximum storage life – 180 days
 Susceptible to apple scab
 Resistant to powdery mildew

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Red Delicious
 Most popular variety of India
 Fruit:Long,conical with protuberance near the
calyx,skin yellow with red stripes not all over the
surface

 Flesh:Firm,sweet and juicy

 Does not develop superior red colour until fully
mature but by that time apple losses its crispness

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Royal Delicious
 Syn. Starking Delicious

 A bud sport branch developed on a Delicious tree

 Early colouring than Red Delicious

 Fruits:Large,conical,yellow skin covered with red

stripes all over the surface

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Rich-a-Red
 Bud sport of Red Delicious
 Fruit: Large,conical,skin with red blush
 Colours earlier than Delicious but later than
Starking.
 More completely coloured than Delicious
 Flesh – sweet, very juicy & of excellent flavour

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Red Gold
 Fruits round to slightly oblong,skin highly red
blushed,waxy and glossy.
 Flesh white with pinkish tint near the surface
 Regular and heavy bearing variety
 Used as pollinizer for Red Delicious and Starking
Delicious

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Golden Delicious
 Commercial variety of USA and Europe
 Used as pollinizer for Delicious
 Fruit: Round,conical to oblongn and golden yellow
colour
 Cream, fine textured, crisp and juicy flesh with
conspicuous pleasant flavour
 Suitable for processing

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McIntosh
 Leading variety of Canada
 Medium season variety
 Fruit: Small to medium,round,yellowish green with
red blush
 Greenish,juicy and fairly sweet pulp
 Grown in Kulu and Kashmir

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Baldwin
 Large sized fruits with reddish colour and roundto
conical in shape

 Sour in taste

 Very good keeping quality

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Fugi
 Evolved in Japan
 Ralls Janet x Delicious
 Tree – large vigorous spreading
 Most promising late variety
 Colour resembles delicious
 Flesh- not attractive, very firm slightly coarse,very juicy,
aromatic and sub acid

 Excellent for dessert

Early Colouring Strains of Delicious
Standard Types
Vance Delicious
 Bud mutant of Delicious
 Fruit: Conical,solid red skin
 Colours two weeks earlier to Red Delicious

Top Red
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruit:Long with red streaks
 Matures three weeks before Starking Delicious

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Skyline Supreme Delicious
 Bud mutant of Starking Delicious
 Fruit shape and colour are similar to Delicious

Hardeyman
 Similar to Starking Delicious
 Tree is vigorous in growth

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New Spur Types

Starkrimson Delicious
 Dwarf trees
 Fruit:Oblong,medium sized,deep red in colour,hard in
texture, sweet and juicy

 Suitable for mid-hills

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Oregan Spur
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruits are similar to Delicious in size and shape
 Pulp is light yellow,crunchy and sweet but a bit hard
Red Chief
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruits are similar to Delicious

Gold Spur Delicious

 Bud mutant of Golden Delicious
 Pollinizer for all spur types

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Stark Spur Golden Delicious
 Bears fruits similar to Golden Spur in shape,colour
and appearance

Red Spur Delicious

 Resembles to well coloured Rich-a-Red
 Tree with close internodal growth
 Grows to two-third size of standard trees

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New Pollinizers
Tydeman’s Early Worcestor
 One of the earliest variety which matures in mid-July
 Popular in mid-hills
 Used as pollinizer for Delicious varieties

Lord Lambourne
 James Greeves x Worcestor Peerman
 Regular bearer

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Granny Smith
 Mostly grown in Argentina,Australia and New
Zealand
 Fruit takes 6-7 months to mature
 Fruits: Medium sized,round,skin grass green with
whitish dots,subacid and not rich flavoured
 Suitable for processing
 Pollinizer for commercial varieties in India

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 INDIAN VARIETIES OF APPLE
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Ambri
 Only indigenous variety grown commercially in India
 Originated in Kashmir as chance seedling
 Fruit – medium to large, oblong in shape
 Red streaks over a greenish yellow back ground
 Pulp – white, crisp & sweet
 Late season apple (ripening – Sept-Oct)
 Good keeping quality ( 4-5 months in ordinary condition
and10 months in cold storage)

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 Lal Ambri (Red Delicious x Ambri)
 Sunehari (Ambri x Golden Delicious)
 Chaubattia Princess (Early Shanburry x Red
Delicious)
 Chaubattia Anupam (Early Shanburry x Red
Delicious)

 Ambred (Red Delicious x Ambri)

 Ambrich (Rich-a-Red x Ambri)

 Ambroyal (Starking Delicious x Ambri)

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 Ambroyal

Ambred

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Chaubattia
 Scab-resistant Varieties

Prima Sir Prize Nova Easy Grow

Priscilla Priam Mac Free

 Freedom Jonafree

Liberty
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Low-chilling Varieties

 Chilling period: less than 800hrs below 7⁰ C

 Poor in dessert quality and shelf-life

Michal Schlomit Anna Neomi

Tropical Beauty Parlin’s Beauty

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Recommended Varieties of Apple in Different
States

Season Himachal Jammu and Uttaranchal

Pradesh Kashmir
Early Season Tydeman’s Early* Irish Early Shanburry*
Michael,Molies Peach,Benoni Fenny Benoni
Delicious,Schlomit Starkrimson Chaubattia
Mid Season Royal American Mother Red Delicious
Delicious,Red Jonathan Starking Delicious
Delicious,Richare Cox’s Orange McIntosh*,Golden
d Pippin*,Red Delicious*
Vance Delicious Gold*
Top Red,Oregon
Spur
Late Season Golden Ambri,Baldwin, Rymer
Delicious*,Yellow Golden Buckingham
Newton*,Winter Delicious*
* Pollinizer Banana,Granny Red Delicious
Smith* Sunhari
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