Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Honeycrisp is outstanding for its exceptionally crisp texture and very juicy, sweet, mildly sharp flesh. Highly winter-hardy, it performs well in continental climates and cooler European regions. We recommend it to growers placing fruit quality above ease of production. The tree can crop biennially, while the apples may suffer storage disorders when crop load and mineral nutrition are poorly balanced.

Honeycrisp

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Honeycrisp is a very popular modern American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple, known for its crisp sweet flavour.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

G11 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4320 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Honeycrisp is a high quality eating apple with a predominantly sweet flavour. It lives up to its name – it has a light crisp flesh.

The apples are medium-to-large in size, with a light green/yellow background largely covered with red-orange flush occasionally with a hint of pink. They keep well in storage, and retain their crispness.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

University of Minnesota variety, selected in the 1970s and introduced in 1991.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Keepsake × MN1627

Synonyms

Honeycrunch

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Low to medium vigour, rather compact habit, spur-bearing, early and regular bearing

Disease behaviour

Scab

Good resistance / partial resistance

Powdery mildew

Susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Additional variety information for Honeycrisp is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.