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COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF APPLE

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APPLE CULTIVARS Green English varieties-McIntosh, Jonathan,

Golden Delicious, Baldwin, Cox’s Orange Pippin

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Coloured Delicious apples replaced the English ones-

(75% of the total area in HP, 45% in J&K)

RED DELICIOUS

ROYAL DELICIOUS

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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

Fuji 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

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Early Colouring Strains of Delicious Standard TypesVance 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 hardRed Chief Bud sport of Delicious Fruits are similar to DeliciousGold 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 PollinizersTydeman’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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Winter Banana

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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

Chaubattia Princess

Prima Sir Prize Nova Easy Grow

Priscilla Priam Mac Free

Scab-resistant Varieties

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Freedom

Liberty

Jonafree

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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 Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Uttaranchal

Early Season Tydeman’s Early*Michael,Molies Delicious,Schlomit

Irish Peach,BenoniStarkrimson

Early Shanburry*Fenny BenoniChaubattia

Mid Season Royal Delicious,Red Delicious,RicharedVance DeliciousTop Red,Oregon Spur

American MotherJonathanCox’s Orange Pippin*,Red Gold*

Red DeliciousStarking DeliciousMcIntosh*,Golden Delicious*

Late Season Golden Delicious*,Yellow Newton*,Winter Banana,Granny Smith*

Ambri,Baldwin,Golden Delicious*Red DeliciousSunhari

RymerBuckingham

* Pollinizer

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