CrimsonCrisp® Apple Tree

CrimsonCrisp® apples are scab resistant variety popular for their sweet, rich and flavorful taste. Perfect for eating fresh, making dessert and juice. Keeps well in storage for up to six months and bears heavy crops.

Our fruit trees (grafted and budded) are about 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most are more than 5' and 1/2". Our seedlings are 18-36" tall.

A rootstock primarily controls a tree's size and how early it bears fruit. Learn more about our specific rootstocks.

SKU: app-cri-cri-1 Category: Apple Trees Tags: Disease Resistance Good, Eating Fresh, Fruit Trees for Rhode Island, Group 3: Mid Flowering, Grows in Tompkins County, Hardiness Zone 4, Hardiness Zone 5, Hardiness Zone 6, Hardiness Zone 7, Hardiness Zone 8, Juicing/Cider, Sweet/Crisp

CrimsonCrisp® Apple Tree Overview

The CrimsonCrisp® apple tree has its origins in 1971 as a scab resistant apple. Developed by the breeding program at the Purdue Research Foundation in the United States. Originally CrimsonCrisp® was known as Co-op 39 and is a registered trademark from Purdue Research Foundation.

CrimsonCrisp® with its beautiful bright red color in addition to its crisp, sweet tasting flavor will be one of your favorite apples to eat fresh! With its tendency to bear heavy crop, in fact, you will be enjoying the tart and rich flavor of this apple variety in several ways. For example, from making dessert to flavorful juices, CrimsonCrisp® is an apple variety with delicious possibilities!

CrimsonCrisp® apples ripen in mid-season, usually early to mid September and can keep in storage for up to six months.

This apple variety is fairly easy to grow and do best in hardiness zones 5 to 8.

Tree Characteristics

Uses: eating fresh, dessert, but can also do as flavor rich juice
Taste: sweet/sharp rich flavor, crisp, tart flavor, spicy. Has a good balance between sugar and acidic taste
Size: medium to large sized
Color: bright red and sometimes red-purple colored fruit, white to cream and pale flesh color
Hardiness Zones: 5 – 8
Disease resistance:
- Scab – some resistance
- Mildew– some susceptibility
- Blight – some resistance
- Cedar apple rust – some susceptibility
- Rosy apple aphid – low susceptibility
Harvest period: 4, mid to late season (early to mid September)
Flowering period: mid-season
Flowering Group: 3
Cross pollinates with: Dabinett, Goldrush, Honeycrisp, Northern Spy, Redfree, Rubinette, Pristine to name a few!
Cultivation: This apple tree is moderately vigorous. Upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on branches. Produces heavy crops. Needs to be thinned to lower tendency to bear fruit every other year.
Storage: Keeps well in storage for six months. Note that a greasy feel may develop while in storage.
Ease of care: easy