AK Pioneer Fruit Growers Association

Joe Orsi’s Summer Apple List

February 9, 1993

Joe Orsi’s Summer Apple List Table l.–Some early ripening “summer apple” varieties suitable for trials in Southeast Alaska (Orsi 10/92).
	1Variety	Parentage	Origin	2Bears	Sitka Exper. Station
					Tested	Fruited
1	Adanac	Battleford, Open Pollinated	–	J-MA
2	Almata	Beautiful Arcade ´ Fluke 38 Crab	–	LA
3	Beacon	Malinda ´ Wealthy	MN 1936	LA
4	Breaky	Calvilie Rouge Seedling	Canada 1960	MA
5	Carroll	Melba ´ Moscow Pear Seedling	–	LJ-MA
6	Coles Quince	–	ME 1849	Sum
7	Crimson Beauty	Famuse Family		LJ-MA
8	Discovery	Beauty of Bath ´	England 1900’s	MA
9	Duchess of Oldenburg	–	Russia 1800	MA	´
10	Dyer	–	France 1700	Sum
11	Early Harvest	–	US 1700	J	´	?
12	Early Joe	–	NY 1800	LJ
13	Early McIntosh	–	Ontario 1800	EA
14	Geneva Early	July Red ´ Quinte	NY 1982	EA
15	Golden Sweet	–	CT 1832	Sum	´	´
16	Goodland	Patten Greenling Seedling	Manitoba 1946	LA
17	Hazen	Duchess ´ Starking Delicious	–	LA
18	Heyer 20	–	Saskatchewan	LA
19	High Top Sweet	–	MA 1822	A
20	Hyslop Crab	–	–	?????A	´	´
21	Iowa Beauty	–	–	LJ-MA	´
22	Irish Peach	Irish Seedling ´ Yellow Trans.	Ireland 1800	LJ-MA
23	Jerseymac	NJ 24 ´ July Red	NJ 1971	MA
24	July Red	–	NJ 1962	EA
25	Keswick’s Codlin	–	England	?????A	´	´
26	Lodi	Montgomery ´ Yellow Trans.	NY 1911	EA
27	Liveland Raspberry	Early Russian	–	LJ-MA	´	´
28	Lowland Raspberry	Liveland Raspberry ´ PI 143181	Russia 1860	MA
29	Lymanns Large Summer	–	CT 1847	MA
30	Mantet	McIntosh ´ Tetofsky	Manitoba 1929	MA
31	Morden 359	Wealthy ´ Melba	Manitoba	LA
32	Morden 363	Haralson ´ Melba	Manitoba	LA
33	New Summer Scarlet	–	US 1955	MA
34	Norland	Melba ´ Rescue	–	MA
35	Oregon Crab	Malus diversifolia	–	?????A	´	´
36	Oriole	Liveland Raspberry ´ Yellow Trans.	MN 1949	LJ-MA
37	Parantene	Gravenstein ´ Yellow Trans.	–	MA
38	Parkland	–	Canada	LA
39	Patton	–	–	Sum
40	Primate	–	NY 1840	MA	´
41	Quinte	Crimson Beauty ´ Melba	–	EA
42	Raritan	Melba X Sonora ´ Mel X Williams´Starr	NJ 1966	LA
43	Red Astrachan	–	Russia 1816	MA	´
44	Red June	–	NC 1848	LA	´
45	Red Melba	Liveland Raspberry ´ McIntosh	Ottowa 1909	LA
46	Red Sumbo	Sport of Summer Rambo	IN 1930	Sum
47	Redfree	–	–	A
48	Rescue Apple-Crab	Seedling of Blushed Calville	–	LJ-MA
49	Rosethern 15	–	Saskatchewan	EA
50	Rosethern 18	–	Saskatchewan	LA
51	Siberian Crab	Malus baccata	Russia’	?????A	´	´
52	Sops of Wine	–	England 1832	MA	´
53	Starr	–	NJ 1865	LA
54	State Fair	Mantet ´ Oriole	MN 1979	LJ-MA
55	Summer Rambo	–	France 1500’s	EA
56	Summerred	Golden Delicious ´ McIntosh	BC 1964	?????A
57	Sweet Bough	–	US 1817	EA	´
58	Sylvan Sweet	–	–	?????A	´	´
59	Tetovsky	–	Russia	LJ-MA	´	´
60	Transcendent Crab	Siberian Variety	–	?????A	´	´
61	Vista Bella	–	NJ 1974	EA
62	Westland	Dr. Bill ´ Heyer	Canada	MA
63	Whitney Crabapple	–	–	A	´	´
64	Williams	–	MA 1750	LA
65	William’s Pride	–	–	EA
66	Wynooche	–	NY 1967	LA
67	Yellow Transparent	–	Russia 1870	EA	´	´

 

1. Underlined variety indicates some resistance to scab.

 

2. Sum=Summer, J=July, A=August, E=early, M=mid, and L=late