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MN 55
type: Dessert
synonyms: Trademarked as Rave and First Kiss
summary: Developed by at the University of Minnesota and released in 2016, this commercial apple delivers the tangy taste of Granny Smith and the juicy sweetness of Honeycrisp in a promising early season cultivar.
identification: Medium tending to large, round to round conic shape. Base colour is greenish maturing to yellow, over which is a bright red wash that cover almost the entire apple. The moderately thick skin can show a slight bloom as the fruit matures. Lenticels are small and few in number. The calyx is medium size ranges from closed to partly open, set in a medium wide and medium deep basin. The stem is ranges from slender to medium thick and is medium long, set in a medium wide, medium deep cavity which can be lightly russetted.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained and very crisp. Juicy with the tanginess of Granny Smith mixed with the sweetness of Honeycrisp.
uses: Not recommended for baking, the flesh tends to be too soft.
origins: Developed in1997 by David Bedford and James Luby at the University of Minnesota's Horticultural Research Center in Excelsior, Minnesota (U.S.A.) by crossing MN 1711 with pollen from MonArk . It was officially released to licensed growers in 2016, but some scionwood apparently leaked out to unlicensed recipients prior to that date.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright, spreading. Semi spur bearing fruit on both spurs and shoots.
cold storage: Keeps up to six months in commercial cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the second half of the third period.
notes: David Bedford, University of Minnesota, also developed the Honeycrisp (see MN 1711 ) and the SweeTango (see Minneiska )
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 24
brix: 13.7
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 4
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