Cortland

• Strains: Redcort

• Royal Court (new)*

• Parentage: McIntosh x Ben Davis

• Tree vigor: Hardy, vigorous, and

  productive
  

• Bloom Midseason

• Fruit

  • Size: Large fruit
  • Skin color: Dark red with stripes
  • Flesh color: White, slow browning after cutting
  • Shape: Round
  • Uses: Fresh, cooking, cider

• Harvest date: Mid Sept-early Oct. (125 -135 DAFB)

• Storage: Stores well in CA

• Advantages: Taste, good pollinator, productive, and hardy, good seller in roadside markets

• Disadvantages: Tendency for biennial bearing; fruit inclined to scald in storage if picked too early; susceptible to scab, fireblight, powdery mildew, and CAR

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