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Adirondack
type: Dessert
synonyms: Sometimes confused with an ornamental crab apple by the name of Adirondack Flowering Crabapple .
summary: This is a moderately sweet, slightly tart dessert apple developed in northeastern United States in the late 1800s. It was grown for some time during the first half of the 1900s, but seems to have disappeared shortly thereafter.
identification: Medium size, round conic. Base colour yellow over which is a pattern of red stripes.
characteristics: Pale yellow. Coarse-grained. Tender, dry. Slightly subacid.
origins: A cross of Westfield Seek-No-Further and Hubbardston . Clinton County, New York State (U.S.A.)
cultivation: Large tree to 20 feet. Dense upright, inverted cone
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab, fireblight, rust, and mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in fourth and sometimes the beginning of the fifth period.
notes: Foliage is green
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Self sterile.
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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