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NY 429-2
type: Dessert, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Marketed under its tradename Fortune. Also referred to as NY429
summary: A vigorous, tall tree with large, sweet-tart fruit that has a long storage period. Sensitive to disease.
identification: Medium tending to large, sometimes very large. Round tending to oblong. The base colour is greenish-yellow, washed burgundy-red except on the sun-exposed face. The stem is short. The skin is moderately thick, smooth and chewy.
characteristics: The flesh is ivory-coloured, coarse-grained, crisp and firm. Very juicy, sweet and tart, somewhat spicy with good aroma. Sometimes mildly bitter surrounding the core.
uses: A good apple for fresh eating out-of-hand and baking. Also makes a tasty apple sauce.
origins: Developed by Dr. Susan Brown and Dr. Roger Way in 1962 at the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva, New York (U.S.A.), by crossing Schohaire Red Spy with Empire . Released in 1996.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright branching tree which has a tendency to become quite large. The fruit set needs to be thinned to prevent it from lapsing into biennial production.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab, mildew and blight and the skin sometimes tends to crack. Moderately susceptible to brown rot. Bitter pit can be a problem.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the middle period.
notes: Often confused with Laxton’s Fortune .
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 4
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