The document discusses several commercial varieties of apples grown around the world and in India. It describes the key characteristics of popular varieties such as Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Fuji, and Ambri. It also covers newer spur varieties, early coloring strains of Delicious, and pollinizers. Recommended varieties for different seasons in states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttaranchal are provided.

1. COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF APPLE
Sameer Muhamed
2014-12-109
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2. APPLE CULTIVARS
 Green English varieties-McIntosh, Jonathan, Golden
Delicious, Baldwin, Cox’s Orange Pippin
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3.  Coloured Delicious apples replaced the English
ones-
(75% of the total area in HP, 45% in J&K)
RED DELICIOUS ROYAL DELICIOUS
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4.  Spur type cultivars: Starkrimson,Well Spur,
Redspur, Red Chief, Silver Spur
 Standard colour mutants: Vance Delicious,Top
Red, Skyline Supreme, Hardiman, Bright-n-Early
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5. COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS
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6. DELICIOUS
 Chance seedling
 Most widely grown and studied cultivar
 Fruit – conical, protuberance near calyx
 Flesh – firm, sweet & juicy
 Alternate bearing
 Maximum storage life – 180 days
 Susceptible to apple scab
 Resistant to powdery mildew
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7. Red Delicious
 Most popular variety of India
 Fruit:Long,conical with protuberance near the
calyx,skin yellow with red stripes not all over the
surface
 Flesh:Firm,sweet and juicy
 Does not develop superior red colour until fully
mature but by that time apple losses its crispness
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8. Royal Delicious
 Syn. Starking Delicious
 A bud sport branch developed on a Delicious tree
 Early colouring than Red Delicious
 Fruits:Large,conical,yellow skin covered with red
stripes all over the surface
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9. Rich-a-Red
 Bud sport of Red Delicious
 Fruit: Large,conical,skin with red blush
 Colours earlier than Delicious but later than
Starking.
 More completely coloured than Delicious
 Flesh – sweet, very juicy & of excellent flavour
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10. Red Gold
 Fruits round to slightly oblong,skin highly red
blushed,waxy and glossy.
 Flesh white with pinkish tint near the surface
 Regular and heavy bearing variety
 Used as pollinizer for Red Delicious and Starking
Delicious
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11. Golden Delicious
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 Commercial variety of USA and Europe
 Used as pollinizer for Delicious
 Fruit: Round,conical to oblongn and golden yellow
colour
 Cream, fine textured, crisp and juicy flesh with
conspicuous pleasant flavour
 Suitable for processing

12. McIntosh
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 Leading variety of Canada
 Medium season variety
 Fruit: Small to medium,round,yellowish green with
red blush
 Greenish,juicy and fairly sweet pulp
 Grown in Kulu and Kashmir

13. Baldwin
 Large sized fruits with reddish colour and roundto
conical in shape
 Sour in taste
 Very good keeping quality
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14. Fuji
 Evolved in Japan
 Ralls Janet x Delicious
 Tree – large vigorous spreading
 Most promising late variety
 Colour resembles delicious
 Flesh- not attractive, very firm slightly coarse,very juicy,
aromatic and sub acid
 Excellent for dessert

15. Early Colouring Strains of Delicious
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Standard Types
Vance Delicious
 Bud mutant of Delicious
 Fruit: Conical,solid red skin
 Colours two weeks earlier to Red Delicious
Top Red
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruit:Long with red streaks
 Matures three weeks before Starking Delicious

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Skyline Supreme Delicious
 Bud mutant of Starking Delicious
 Fruit shape and colour are similar to Delicious
Hardeyman
 Similar to Starking Delicious
 Tree is vigorous in growth

17. New Spur Types
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Starkrimson Delicious
 Dwarf trees
 Fruit:Oblong,medium sized,deep red in colour,hard in
texture, sweet and juicy
 Suitable for mid-hills

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Oregan Spur
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruits are similar to Delicious in size and shape
 Pulp is light yellow,crunchy and sweet but a bit hard
Red Chief
 Bud sport of Delicious
 Fruits are similar to Delicious
Gold Spur Delicious
 Bud mutant of Golden Delicious
 Pollinizer for all spur types

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Stark Spur Golden Delicious
 Bears fruits similar to Golden Spur in shape,colour
and appearance
Red Spur Delicious
 Resembles to well coloured Rich-a-Red
 Tree with close internodal growth
 Grows to two-third size of standard trees

20. New Pollinizers
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Tydeman’s Early Worcestor
 One of the earliest variety which matures in mid-July
 Popular in mid-hills
 Used as pollinizer for Delicious varieties
Lord Lambourne
 James Greeves x Worcestor Peerman
 Regular bearer

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Granny Smith
 Mostly grown in Argentina,Australia and New
Zealand
 Fruit takes 6-7 months to mature
 Fruits: Medium sized,round,skin grass green with
whitish dots,subacid and not rich flavoured
 Suitable for processing
 Pollinizer for commercial varieties in India

22. Winter Banana
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23. INDIAN VARIETIES OF APPLE
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24. Ambri
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 Only indigenous variety grown commercially in India
 Originated in Kashmir as chance seedling
 Fruit – medium to large, oblong in shape
 Red streaks over a greenish yellow back ground
 Pulp – white, crisp & sweet
 Late season apple (ripening – Sept-Oct)
 Good keeping quality ( 4-5 months in ordinary condition
and10 months in cold storage)

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 Lal Ambri (Red Delicious x Ambri)
 Sunehari (Ambri x Golden Delicious)
 Chaubattia Princess (Early Shanburry x Red
Delicious)
 Chaubattia Anupam (Early Shanburry x Red
Delicious)
 Ambred (Red Delicious x Ambri)
 Ambrich (Rich-a-Red x Ambri)
 Ambroyal (Starking Delicious x Ambri)

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Ambroyal
Ambred
Chaubattia

27. Prima Sir Prize Nova Easy Grow
Priscilla Priam Mac Free
Scab-resistant Varieties

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Freedom
Liberty
Jonafree

29. Low-chilling Varieties
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 Chilling period: less than 800hrs below 7⁰ C
 Poor in dessert quality and shelf-life
Michal Schlomit Anna Neomi
Tropical Beauty Parlin’s Beauty

30. Recommended Varieties of Apple in Different
States
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Season Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu and
Kashmir
Uttaranchal
Early Season Tydeman’s Early*
Michael,Molies
Delicious,Schlomit
Irish
Peach,Benoni
Starkrimson
Early Shanburry*
Fenny Benoni
Chaubattia
Mid Season Royal
Delicious,Red
Delicious,Richare
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Vance Delicious
Top Red,Oregon
Spur
American Mother
Jonathan
Cox’s Orange
Pippin*,Red
Gold*
Red Delicious
Starking Delicious
McIntosh*,Golden
Delicious*
Late Season Golden
Delicious*,Yellow
Newton*,Winter
Banana,Granny
Smith*
Ambri,Baldwin,
Golden
Delicious*
Red Delicious
Sunhari
Rymer
Buckingham
* Pollinizer

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