Cultivars That May Be Worthy But 

 Further Testing Is Required. 



Braebum 



Braeburn is a chance seedling that originated in 

 New Zealand. It is firm, crisp, veiy juicy, sweet, and 

 aromatic with light-green flesh and oval shape. Fruit 

 are medium to large in size and green overlaid with 

 red. Fruit are not attractive; however, the eating 

 quality of this apple has been rated excellent. Probably 

 the biggest question about Braeburn is whether or not 

 our season is long enough to mature it. The maturity 

 date of Braeburn has been compared to that of Granny 

 Smith. However, the 1988 Apple Variety Progress 

 report from Oregon State University by Bob Stebbins 

 et al. indicates that Braeburn ripens a week later than 

 Delicious and a week before Fuji. Braeburn appears to 

 store well. The tree is moderately vigorous, precocious, 

 and has a standard type grovvrth habit. It appears to be 

 a "grower-friendly" tree [Pacific Northwest Fruit 

 Tester's Association (PNFTA) Fact Sheet, James K. 

 Ballard, 1 101 West Orchard Street, Selah, WA 98942]. 



Criterion 



This cultivar originated as a chance seedling in an 

 orchard near Parker, Washington. Criterion is a yel- 

 low apple with a shape similar to Delicious. Like 

 Golden Dehcious, color is determined largely by the 

 nitrogen status of the tree. It is a firm, sweet, aromatic 

 apple with creamy flesh and excellent flavor. Criterion 

 bruises easily. It is not prone to russet, and near 

 harvest it develops a red cheek. Its storage potential is 

 good. It is reported to ripens with Rome Beauty, 

 although there are indications that it may not mature 

 properly in western Washington and in British Colum- 

 bia. It is a very vigorous tree which may not be as 

 precocious as other cultivars (PNFTA Fact Sheet). 



Elstar 



This cultivar is one of the most attractive and 

 promising of the new cultivars available. It is also one 

 of the most heavily planted cultivars in Northern 

 Europe. Elstar resulted from a cross between Golden 

 Delicious and Ingrid Marie (a seedling of Cox's Orange 

 Pippin) made at the Institute for Horticultural Plant 

 Breeding at Wageningen, Holland. It is medium to 

 large in size and round to conical in shape, with white 

 flesh. It is a firm and somewhat-tart, yellow apple with 

 a very attractive orange-red stripe that matures in late 

 September. It may require a period of storage to 

 develop acceptable flavor (PNFTA Fact Sheet). 



AceyMac 



Acey Mac is a selection from trees vegetatively 

 propagated from a seedling tree discovered over 20 

 years ago by Art Burrill in the Champlain VaUey of 

 New York. It is very similar to Mcintosh in appearance, 

 taste, shape, flesh color, and flesh texture. It is reported 

 that Acey Mac is larger and firmer, has less preharvest 

 drop, and ripens about 5 days later than Rogers Mcin- 

 tosh. Red color development appears to be better than 

 Rogers Mcintosh, and it may be comparable to 

 Marshall Mcintosh. Acey Mac is a nonspur tree with 

 growth and bearing characteristics similar to Mcin- 

 tosh. Nine-year-old trees of Acey Mac are growing in 

 the orchard of Bob Sodoma, Brockport, New York (Carl 

 Perleberg, Columbia Basin Nursery, Quincy, WA and 

 Dick Norton, Spencerport, NY). 



Buhr Mcintosh (Wafler Nurseries, Wolcott, NY) 

 was originally propagated from the same tree as Acey 

 Mac. We are unsure at this time if there are distin- 

 guishable differences between Acey Mac and Buhr 

 Mcintosh. 



Pioneer Mac 



Pioneer Mac is very promising, Mclntosh-type cul- 

 tivar. It was discovered as an open pollinated seedling 

 of Mcintosh at Ernest Greiner's farm in Marlboro, 

 New York. It appears to have fruit characteristics very 

 similar to those of Mcintosh, although it is reported to 

 have better color than the Roger's strain. Taste and 

 external appearance are close if not identical to Mcin- 

 tosh. Preharvest drop does not appear to be a problem. 

 It is a nonspur tree that may be less vigorous than 

 Roger's Mcintosh (Phillip Baugher and Tom Callahan, 

 Adams County Nursery, Inc., Aspers, PA). 



Cultivars of High Quality That May 



Have Local or National Market 



Acceptance 



Akane 



Akane ripens 7 to 10 days before the start of 

 Mcintosh harvest. The fruit are firm, medium sized, 

 and red with white, dense flesh. Fruit hang on the tree 

 for an extended period of time without dropping or 

 losing appreciable fruit quality. It has a distinctive 

 spicy flavor. It appears to hold up better in storage than 

 other late-summer apples. It has been reported to be 

 somewhat resistant to scab. The largest fault that we 

 find with Akane is that fruit set may be light. It is one 

 of the shyest producers that we have at the Horticul- 

 tural Research Center. 



Fnut Notes, Summer, 1989 



