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Autumn Arctic
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size tending to large. Round-conic shape with distinctly angular faces. The base colour is green, washed maroon and stripped red on the sun-exposed face, sparsely marked with stripes on the shaded side. The calyx is closed, small and set in a shallow, ribbed basin which sometimes has a minor swelling on of the ribs. The stem is medium length and slender, set in a deep and narrow cavity which is russetted.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, soft and sweet. Hints of banana and pineapple.
uses: Dessert apple.
origins: Originated as a wild seedling growing in a pile of chicken litter in Vermont (U.S.A.). Likely a cross of Arctic and Northern Spy and introduced as a cold-hardy alternative to Baldwin by Fred Ashworth in 1956.
cultivation: Vigorous. Productive. Remarkably hardy.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to canker, scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period. Fruit drops from the tree when ripe.
notes: Not highly regarded.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
brix: 14
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 3
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