Ours is the original, not
the redder hybrid. Naturally a smaller tree, this variety bears young, annually, and heavily. Fruit medium, highly colored in sunny climates,
striped red in cooler climate with fine-textured, juicy, sprightly subacid flavored flesh. One of the best dessert and pie apples.
Bloom: Early
USDA Zone: 4,5,6,7,8,9
Pollination: Self-fertile
Fruit Storage: Excellent
Mature Size: Medium
Ripens: Late
Uses: Fresh eating/ dessert, cooking (puree, applesauce, apple butter), baking, juice/hard cider
Rootstock: Semidwarf
Size when shipped: 5/8 inch caliper (width around trunk)
Height prior to shipment: 6 ft.(trimmed to 5'when shipped)
Shape when shipped: Feathered (prominent side branching)
Certified Organic