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NY 109
type: Cider, Dessert, Pie
synonyms: Marketed as FireCracker and Firecracker Crab
summary: Intended as a market apple to be grown in large orchard operations. Great for fresh eating. Works well in retail sales as well as u-picks.
identification: Medium size, conic, Base colour is yellow which is marked orange-red. Large round lenticels are scattered on the surface and a patch of smooth russet surrounds the stem cavity which is somewhat deep and wide. The greenish stem is long and slender. The calyx basin moderately deep, wide and closed. The skin is moderately thick.
characteristics: The flesh is white and quite firm. Very sweet, acidic and aromatic.
origins: Apple tree ‘NY109’ is a hybrid that originated from a planned controlled cross conducted in 1997 by Dr. Susan Brown and Dr. Kevin Maloney for Cornell University (Geneva, New York, U.S.A.). The seed parent Golden Glory .
cultivation: Suitable for free-standing trees as well as trellis systems. Requires pruning and fruit thinning to manage the crop load and maintain annual harvests and fruit size.
cold storage: Keeps up five months in cooled, shaded storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest during the first half of the middle period.
notes: Great for fresh eating, very good quality.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
brix: 15
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 5
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