Apple variety: Priscilla (Co-op 4)
This information forms part of Agfact H4.1.12 Apple varieties.
Apple variety: Priscilla (Co-op 4)
| Origin: | Starking Delicious × PRI 610-2, sown Lafayette, Indiana 1962; second selection released 1972, PRI (Universities of Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois Co-operative scab resistant breeding program), USA. Patent by Flemings. |
| Tree: | Moderate vigour, spreading. |
| Disease status: | Scab resistant, good tolerance to fireblight and mildew. |
| Chilling requirement: | Probably high. |
| Blossom and pollination: |
Early–mid season. Prima, Cripps Pink, Cripps Red. |
| Fruit shape: | Medium small, flat, long stalk in a wide shallow basin; partly closed eye in shallow wide-ribbed basin; pointed calyx sticking up. |
| Skin and flesh: |
Deep crimson, 90–100%, slight stripe with bloom. Creamy flesh; crisp, juicy, sweet; not much flavour. |
| Harvest and yield: |
Mid March, about a week before Delicious. |
| Storage: | Medium, 2–3 months (US data) |