 An early season favorite, Lodi retains the
quality and flavor of Yellow Transparent but produces larger fruits
that ship better. A thick, yellow skin covers this crisp, rich tasting
apple.
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U.S.Plant Patent No. 4322
Outstanding summer apple, russet-free with
a 90% red wash over yellow ground color. Redfree is crisp and juicy,
sweet-tart in flavor. Fruit is medium in size and keeps fairly well.
A hardy, disease-resistant tree for scab, cedar rust, fire blight
and mildew.
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An improved strain of the old favorite cooking
apple. Snappy white flesh and distinctive flavor make this a sure
bet for applesauce and pies.
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(Mt. Cove cv.) U.S.P.P. No. 7063
The best of the early goldens, Ginger Gold®
has all the qualities of Golden Delicious but ripens six to eight
weeks earlier. It can be picked green, just as color begins to turn,
and will ripen to an attractive yellow color. It has a sweet, tangy
flavor and firm, crisp flesh.
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A new, redder strain of the popular European
apple Elstar. This sport hails from France, and offers the same quality
as Elstar, but in a brighter, fuller red package. The medium to large
fruit boasts excellent, sweet-tart flavor and outstanding keepability.
More red striping covers a golden-straw base color. The tree is an
extremely vigorous grower. If you've been waiting for an early
season apple with good color, flavor, and crispness, this is your
apple.
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U.S. Plant Patent No. 6519
Early season sweet apple bearing brilliant
pinkish-red blush over a golden ground color. Excellent quality, medium
size. Firm and juicy.
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(Malaga cv.) U.S. Plant Patent
No. 10114
Gale Gala® is the "one -pick"
Gala strain - the highest coloring Gala sport currently on the
market! A whole tree sport of Royal Gala, this outstanding new strain
has all the winning characteristics of its parent but has deeper red
stripes and a fuller red color. Gale Gala® growers report one-pick
harvests of this sport with packouts in the 95-100% Washington Extra
Fancy grade for color. Gale Gala® is available only through Van
Well Nursery.
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(Waliser cv.) U.S. Plant Patent No.
8673
A sport of Royal Gala found in Kent Waliser's
Milton-Freewater, OR orchard, Crimson® Gala has a brighter, fuller
red color with the characteristic striping of its parent. Fruit is
medium sized, sweet, and juicy. Crimson Gala® matures with other
Gala sports.
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A fine eating and cooking apple with a distinctive
flavor. The skin color is mostly red. The tree is hardy and bears
precociously. Wealthy is a popular choice for an early fall apple.
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A red blush shades about two-thirds of this
dessert-quality apple. A McIntosh type, fruit is firm, crisp with
good quality. Ripens just ahead of McIntosh. An annual producer, bearing
good crops. Tree can be quite vigorous.
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 This is the Summerland Red McIntosh. The fruit
colors early with a deep red hue. A hardy and productive tree, it
is sometimes used as a hardy understock for other apple varieties.
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Sometimes known as Prime Red, this bright red
apple is a cross of Jonathan and Worchester Pearmain. The juicy white
flesh has a distinctive flavor and aroma and good quality. A popular
choice in Western Washington for backyard and roadside sales.
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A variety tolerant to many apple diseases.
Liberty produces a medium-size apple, sporting brilliant red color
over yellow. The flesh is pale yellow and juicy.
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Hailing from Minnesota, this variety is extremely cold hardy. The fruit is good quality, and has an attractive red color, tart flavor and firm texture. This apple is juicy and aromatic. A precocious bearer, the tree exhibits resistance to scab and fireblight and a vigorous growth habit.
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U.S. Plant Patent No. 7197
The crunch, texture and excellent storage life
of this apple is creating lots of interest among commercial fruit
growers. A late midseason apple, HoneycrispTM ripens about a
week after McIntosh and a few weeks ahead of Red Delicious. This variety
is a cross between Macoun and Honeygold, developed at the University
of Minnesota. Skin is two-thirds mottled red with a straw background.
Mildly aromatic, juicy flavor. Tree is moderately vigorous and exhibits
good winter hardiness. Good annual bearer.
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(Johnson cv.) U.S. Plant Patent
No. 10115
Looking for early color in a Jonathan? Then
look to Ruby Jon for red color that starts mid-July and finishes by
August 1 in North Central Washington. That puts it well into the game
before other Red Jonathan sports. The red striping over the greenish-yellow
ground color makes a great presentation. And the fruit still has the
slightly tart flavor Jonathan lovers want. Crisp, juicy and delicious.
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U.S. Plant Patent No. 4633
Similar to Jonathan in appearance and ripening,
its flesh is firm, pale yellow and of good quality. The tree bears
medium size, red fruit that is russet free. It is highly resistant
to scab.
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(Hartencourt cv.) U.S. P.P.
No. 10049
A solid blush strain of Cortland discovered
in Waterville, Nova Scotia, Royal CourtTM is a whole limb sport
of the popular McIntosh-Ben Davis cross. It bears deeper red color
blushed with mahogany. The skin color is a dynamic contrast to the
white, crisp flesh and grows on a vigorous, hardy tree.
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(Teeple cv.) U.S. Plant Patent
No.7820
A whole-limb sport of Empire discovered in
Wolcott, NY. Royal EmpireTM produces fruit significantly brighter
and redder than its parent. Fruit presents a 75-90% deep purplish
red color. Creamy-white flesh is moderately sub-acid. Tree is vigorous,
upright and has good crotch angles.
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(Fuji 216 cv.) U.S. Plant
Patent No. 10141
When Grady Auvil discovered this new Fuji sport,
he predicted "it will revolutionize the Fuji market."
This sensational new strain matures about six weeks ahead of standard
Red Fuji sports yet produces a higher percentage of Washington Extra
Fancy fruit. The fruit flavor, tree structure and growth habits appear
to be identical to other Red Fuji sports.
NOTE: This strain may contain apple mosaic virus.
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Gibson Golden is a smooth-skinned selection
of the very popular Golden Delicious that appears to russet less than
standard Golden. The tree is vigorous, productive and easy to handle.
Like standard Golden, the fruit is sweet and juicy and of excellent
type.
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(Van Well strain)
We are the only nursery to have certified scionwood
of this strain of Mullins cultivar from the famous Hesperian Orchard
at Wenatchee, WA. Growers tell us this strain gives them more blushed
and denser fruit that keeps and stores better than other selections
of Golden Delicious. Like other Golden strains, this one is an early,
heavy producer of good quality, typey fruit and is also an ideal pollinator
for Reds and several other popular apple varieties.
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Summerland, B.C. cross of McIntosh and Newtown.
Dark red skin and high dessert quality put this variety strongly in
the McIntosh camp. Ripens after McIntosh with firm, medium to large
fruit. It is a reasonably good shipper.
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Very cold hardy, red apple that ripens in late September. Mildly tart flavor is perfect for fresh eating or cooking. A fairly good keeper. The tree is a vigorous grower and precocious. Watch for biennial bearing.
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(Arlet cv.) U.S. Plant Patent
No. 6689
Known by many as Arlet, this red-blushed apple
demonstrates a distinct flavor, sweet and tart. Parents are Golden
Delicious and Idared. Fruit it medium to large in size and round to
conical in shape. Flesh is creamy white and melting. Susceptible to
russet in some areas.
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Adams Apple® Red Delicious |
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(Burchinal cv.)
U.S. P. P. No. 14757
If color is a problem in your area, Adams Apple®
is the Red Delicious for you! This new strain is red from petal fall
to picking and produces large, typey fruit with very white, juicy
flesh. It's a sport of our exclusive Oregon Spur® II Red
Delicious with similar growth habits.
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Scarlet Spur II Red Delicious |
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(Flinn cv.)For almost two decades, Scarlet Spur was the most popular Red Delicious in the world with literally hundreds of thousands of acres in production. Now comes the next generation of America's earliest, best coloring Red Delicious, Scarlet Spur II. Although Scarlet Spur® II finishes coloring about three days earlier than its parent, it has all the winning characteristics of the original - dark mahogany color, crisp white flesh, excellent fruit production and outstanding type. Like its predecessor, Scarlet Spur II is a Van Well Nursery exclusive premier variety.
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Super Chief® Red Delicious |
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(Sandidge cv.)
U.S. P. P. No. 6190
An improved sport of one of the most popular
Red Delicious strains ever planted, Super Chief® has all the winning
traits of its parent, Campbell Red Delicious, but colors 18 days earlier!
The tree is extremely spurry, producing a compact tree that throws
an abundance of fruit spurs. It starts coloring with a red stripe
but by picking time, a brilliant red has evenly covered the fruit
and just a hint of striping remains. In addition to its beautiful
color, Super Chief® fruit is very typey.
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U.S. Plant Patent
No. 3556
Tree is a non-spur, although it does tend to
throw more fruit spurs than other non-spur varieties. Still tops in
areas where color is difficult to obtain, Early Red One™ colors
with a blush into a solid red.
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Oregon Spur® II Red Delicious |
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(W&W cv.)
U.S. P. P. No. 4819
Here's a Red Delicious strain with a
30-year history of providing growers with a vigorous, semi-spur tree
that produces typey, striped Extra Fancy fruit. The vigor of Oregon
Spur® II makes it ideal for hard-to-grow soils. The big, leafy
tree structure promotes production of large, quality fruit with outstanding
shape. In addition to producing a high percentage of Extra Fancy fruit,
growers should also see early cropping meaning a faster return on
investment.
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(Red Jonathan cv.) U.S.
Plant Patent No. 11112
The Red Jonagold that delivers "one-pick"
color! The deep red hue shows on all the apples (even shaded fruit)
at the same time and in many cases the coloring comes earlier than
on other strains of Jonagold. Red JonaprinceTM hails from Weert,
The Netherlands and is being introduced to America by Van Well Nursery.
JonaprinceTM has the large size and excellent flavor of its parent,
Jonagold Prince, plus the advantage of better storage and flavor keeping
qualities when compared to other Red Jonagold sports. If you like
Jonagold, this strain should definitely be in your planting mix.
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This Jonathan-Delicious cross resembles Jonathan
in shape and color. Excellent for cooking or eating out of hand. A
productive, precocious tree. A good choice for humid and rainy climates
such as Western Washington.
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 Bright red Jonathan type originating from a
cross between Jonathan and Wagener. Creamy white flesh is firm with
a nice crunch. Excellent dessert qualitites and fruit keeps and stores
well.
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Used primarily as a pollinator, the fruit is
similar to standard Winter Banana. The compact growth structure can
be variable, but the pollen is strong and viable.
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(MS 1797 cv.) U.S.P.P pendingA new introduction from the folks that brought you Honeycrisp™. The fruit ripens approximately two weeks after Honeycrisp™. A bronze-red blush covers 75 to 85 percent of the fruit and the flesh is white and resists browning. Stays firm for up to two months in common storage. The flavor is rich and sweet with a slight tartness. Tree is a regular bearer, hardy and well suited to colder climates.
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A proven strain for processors, Taylor Rome is a regular and heavy producer. The skin color does not bleed through to the flesh like other sports of Rome Beauty. The tree is a vigorous grower.
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 This new sport produces a compact, spur-type
tree that York growers have been demanding. Processors and u-pick
operators alike will appreciate this new, easier-to-manage tree. Spur
YorkTM possess a variety of uses. Although it is grown primarily
for processing, it can also be enjoyed fresh out of hand. The large,
red fruit colors early in the season, although it picks later, during
the first two weeks of October in Central Washington.
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Cooking and processing apple bearing crimson,
striped skin. Yellow-white flesh is firm, yet melting. A slow bearer
on standard seedling rootstock.
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(Caudle cv.) U.S. Plant Patent No. 9068
Cameo® is one of the most exciting new
apple varieties to hit the industry in many years. This new variety
has an attractive color, crisp, juicy, sweet-tart flavor and outstanding
storage quality. The tree exhibits standard growth characteristics,
although it can be quite spurry. It is both a vigorous and hardy producer.
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 Another early coloring Rome Beauty sport that
finishes to a beautiful bright red. Fruit is medium to large in size
and tends to be longer and more conical in shape than Rome Beauty.
The variety should be thinned to produce larger fruit. The variety
can be used for processing or fresh packing. The tree is both productive
and vigorous.
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An improved version of the oldtime favorite
originating from Wenatchee, WA. The fruit has the tart flavor and
red color growers expect from Stayman. It colors early with a rich
red blush. Keeps better in storage and is more resistant to cracking
than some other varieties.
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(Newtown Pippin)
A vigorous, spreading tree. The fruit is green
to light yellow. The medium to large apple has fine dessert quality.
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The improved coloring sport of standard old-time
variety. Starts coloring with a stripe and finishes to a dark all-over-red.
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