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open-pollinated
Indigo Apple
Brad Gates anthocyanin saladette with 2–6 oz red-black fruit, very high production, sweet flavour, strong crack/sunburn resistance and good keeping quality.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Saladette
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 113 g (57–170 g)
- Days to maturity
- 75 days (70–75) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- High
- Cool-climate suitability
- High
- Growing notes
- Anthocyanin turns nearly black on sun-exposed shoulders while shaded areas ripen red. Fruit hold well on the vine, full sweetness develops when completely ripe.
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