WineCrisp Apple; (Malus domestica 'WineCrisp')
Malus domestica 'WineCrisp', Courtesy Albrecht's Nursery and Orchard, Chippewa Falls, WI
Soil Type: well-drained, average to fertile, acidic loamy sand to loamy clay, pH 6.0-7.0
Soil Moisture: medium, water daily for 3-5 weeks, then 2-3 x/week in first year
Sun Exposure: full sun
Height/Spread: 8’ - 15’ tall x 8’ -15’ wide
Bloom: mid-late April Ripens: mid-Oct—early Nov
Years to Bear: 2-5 years post-transplant, heavy annual bearing, thin aggressively to avoid biennial bearing
Hardiness Zone: 4-8
Uses: fresh eating, baking, cider
Fruit: Thin skin with firm, crisp, breaking, juicy, full-flavored, sweet, flesh with notes of berry and spice. Flavor peaks after 30 days in cold storage. Outstanding storage 6-9 months at 34oF. Fruit tends to stay on tree post-ripening.
Tree Disease Resistance: Immune to apple scab, good resistance to fire blight, moderate powdery mildew resistance, susceptible to moderately resistant to cedar apple rust. Cold hardy to –30oF.
Root Stock and Disease Resistance: Geneva 935, high-vigor dwarfing root stock, requires stake or trellis support, very cold hardy, very resistant to fire blight and crown rot, good graft-union strength, low rate of suckering and burr knots, wooly apple aphid susceptible.
Noteworthy: Easy to grow and highly productive full-flavored late season dessert apple with an extended harvest time. Amazing storage quality combines with strong disease resistance to provide a very nice addition to any backyard orchard.
Pollinizer: not self-fertile, requires a cross-pollinizer, Pollinator Group 3. Enterprise(PG4), GoldRush(PG4), TriumphTM(PG3), and Dolgo Crabapple(PG2) should cross-pollinize WineCrispTM.