Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Kidd's Orange Red

Fruit Description

Excellent medium-sized eating apple. Reddish orange skin with a yellow background, some russeting. Flesh is creamy white, juicy, sweet, and crisp. Very delicious.

Common Uses

Eating. Stores well.

Origin

New Zealand, 1924, bred by John Kidd. Cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Red Delicious

Pollination

Diploid. Should be pollinised by other mid-season flowering apples e.g. Akane, Bonza, Crofton, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, James Grieve, Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pink Lady. Best to avoid Delicious or Cox as they are too close genetically.

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

Mid-season.

Harvest Time

Mid to very late.

Production Notes

Tree is moderately vigorous, spreading and productive.

Disease Susceptibility

Moderately susceptible to black spot (apple scab)

Images

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