Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Opalescent

Fruit Description

Lovely large bright red apple over a yellow background. Rich, subacid, sweet taste, cream coloured flesh, very crunchy. Fruit usually at least medium-size, more often large. Some people describe the fruit as having notes of other fruit such as strawberry or pineapple. Resembles "Twenty Ounce" of which it may be a sport.

Common Uses

All-purpose apple, good for eating, juicing, cider, and cooking.

Origin

Heritage apple that was a chance discovery in early America in Ohio, parentage unknown. From 1899.

Pollination

Needs a pollinator, likely to be pollinised by other late-season flowering apples, e.g. Brown Snout, Court Pendu Plat, ioensis (crab), Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Boswell, Isaac Newton, Pine Golden Pippin, Tasman Pride. Diploid.

Chill Hours

Medium chill hours.

Blossom Time

Mid to late season

Harvest Time

Very late season, April to May

Production Notes

Fruit ripens and hangs well on the tree. Likely to be mainly spur-bearing variety.

Disease Susceptibility

Moderately resistant to black spot (apple scab). Good general disease resistance.

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