Pristine™ (Co-op 32)

Crop
Apple
Cultivar
Pristine™ (Co-op 32)

A disease-resistant early apple from the Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois cooperative breeding program. Parentage: Co-op 10 × Camuzat; tested as PRI 2946-1; introd. in 1994 by J. Janick, J.A. Crosby, P.C. Pecknold, Joseph Goffreda, and S.S. Korban. USPP 9881; 6 May 1997; assigned to Purdue Res. Foundation, West Lafayettte, Ind. Fruit: most resembles Yellow Transparent; size medium, 65 to 70 mm; oblate round to round. Skin thin; pale green-yellow to cream-colored, maturing to deep yellow with moderate orange blush on exposed surface; finish smooth, glossy, with inconspicuous lenticels. Mildly acid, slightly spicy, moderately rich; retains excellent quality and texture for 4 to 6 weeks or more in refrigerated storage. Harvest just after Lodi, late July at West Lafayette; two pickings required. Tree: moderate vigor; round-spreading; semi-spur; limber wood that droops under crop load; moderately productive. Immune to apple scab (Vf gene); moderately resistant to fire blight; slightly resistant to cedar apple rust; resistant to powdery mildew.