Puritan

Puritan is a red apple with white flesh developed in Massachusetts through a deliberate cross of McIntosh and Red Astrachan. Released in 1953, it is a medium-sized dessert apple suitable for fresh eating and harvests around the same time as Early McIntosh.

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Lineage

Origin & History

Origin type

deliberate cross

Disease Resistance

Apple scab

susceptible

Fire blight

highly susceptible

Powdery mildew

susceptible

Cedar-apple rust

susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.