CRIMSON CRISP® COOP 39 C.O.V.
Origin:
cross between two breeding selections made at the Rutgers Fruit Research and Development Center, 1971, USA
Picking date:
Mid-season
Fruit size:
70/85
Uses:
suitable for organic orchards. One of the sweetest scab resistant varieties. Very important to store the fruit in CA storage for post Christmas sales
Blossom date:
mid season (as for Golden Delicious)
Pollinator :
50% Malus INRA® Perpetu® Evereste + 50% Malus INRA® Baugene®, 50% Malus INRA® Perpetu® Evereste + 50% Malus Golden Gem, any other diploid variety with the same blossom date
Vigour:
average
Time till first cropping / yields:
slow / good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning :
low susceptibility to alternate bearing / as difficult to thin as Gala
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases:
resistant to the common scab strains (gen Vf), susceptible to mildew, average to low susceptibility to rosy apple aphid
Skin / shape:
shiny dark red
Flesh / taste:
firm and fine
Storage potential:
very good balance between sugars and acidity
