A canadian scab resistant apple, bred in Nova Scotia, McIntosh x PRI 1018-3 (a scab resistant selection that provided the Vf gene of resistance). Released in 1978. Season, flavor and texture similar to McIntosh. Hardiness rated to zone 4.

Picture from Claude's orchard, largest was 58 mm across.

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Claude Jolicoeur, Quebec, Zone 4

This apple stays small in my orchard (about 2 to 2-1/4 in), but the flavor is fabulous, like a candy, full of sugar with a good acidity. I have one tree on Beautiful Arcade rootstock with an interstem of Ottawa 3, planted in 1997. This tree is not very vigorous and branches have broken quite easily under snow or because of racoons. It started fruiting very quickly in 2000. A graft I have in another tree does better.

This apple is the best tasting of the scab resistant McIntosh-type apples that I have tried.

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