Red Delicious Apple

May 18,2024

Red Delicious Apple

Maturity Date: Mid SeasonChilling Hours: 700 below 45°FUSDA Zone: 5-8Early fall fruit is sweet, crisp and fine flavored. Vigorous, productive tree. Good pollenizer for almost all other apples. 700 hours. Pollenized by Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, or Golden Delicious. USDA Zones 5-8.Apple RootstocksNote: rootstock descriptions are for reference only. We do not offer rootstock for sale.Domestic AppleMost rugged rootstock for apples. Vigorous, deep-rooted, tolerates wet soil, dry soil, poor soil. Cold hardy. Unpruned tree height of standard varieties 18' to 30 feet. Trees on apple seedling may be held to any desired height by summer pruning.M-111Excellent all-around rootstock for apples. Tolerates wet, dry, or poor soil. Resists woolly apple aphids and collar rot. Induces bearing at young age. Unpruned tree height 80-90% of standard, or about 15-25 ft. Trees on M-111 may be held to any desired height by summer pruning.M-7 & M-7ADwarfs to 65% of standard. Induces early and heavy bearing. Resistant to fire blight, powdery mildew, moderately resistant to collar rot. Good anchorage. Very winter hardy, widely adapted. Disadvantage: prone to suckering (prune or break off at least once per year). Trees may be held to any desired height by summer pruning. 12-20ft.Geneva® 935A Cornell University introduction, unpruned height is about 1/3 to 40% of standard (8'-10'). Very cold hardy and very fire blight resistant. A precocious bearer of large fruit, this rootstock resists crown rot and root rot while suckering very little.