Disease Resistant Varieties

Grandpa's Nature Friendly varieties are known for having increased disease resistance, and are more suitable for growing with a minimum of spraying and care for disease and insects.

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Avalon Pride Peach Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Avalon Pride' Grandpa's Nature's Friendly™ is a peach leaf curl resistant variety, so if you are not able or don't want to spray for leaf curl, this is an excellent choice. Avalon Pride is similar in appearance to Redhaven. It produces medium to larg [ More Info ]

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CrimsonCrisp™ Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'CrimsonCrisp™' CrimsonCrisp™ is a new disease resistant apple variety that should go along well with other Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ varieties. The medium sized fruit is an attractive crimson red and the flesh is very crisp and firm with a tart but co [ More Info ]

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Enterprize Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Enterprize' Enterprize is a excellent, red color, disease resitant variety, with medium to large size and good keeping qualities. Resembles an Idared or Red Spy in appearance. Flavor is moderately acid when harvested, but mellows nicely after storage. It harv [ More Info ]

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Freedom Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Freedom' As its name suggests, Freedom is another of the disease resistant varieties. It is an attractive apple with bright red stripes over a clear yellow background. It harvest in mid-season along with Empire, Idared, Delicious and Jonagold. It is excell [ More Info ]

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Frost® Leaf Curl Resisant Peach Botanical Name: Prunus persica 'Frost' Frost® is a relatively new introduction that has been found to be highly resistant to peach leaf curl. It has medium to large sized yellow fruit. It is semi-freestone, and is good for fresh eating or drying. It ripens in mid-season. [ More Info ]

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GoldRush Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'GoldRush' GoldRush is a very fine, high quality disease resistant golden apple with a pretty blush. It is one of the latest harvesting apples, so may not ripen properly in many northern areas. However, letting it hang as long as possible and storing for a wh [ More Info ]

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Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista® Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista®' Grandpa's Gala-like Rezista® is a striking dark red apple with subdued stripes. The medium size fruit is very juicy and medium firm with very good dessert qualities. It has an appearance and flavor that is very similar to Gala. It picks mid-season [ More Info ]

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Grandpa's Golden Rezista® Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Golden Rezista®' Grandpa's Golden Rezista® is an attractive yellow-green apple. It is a high quality dessert apple, with a very unique lemony, spicy taste unlike any other. The fruit is finely textured and very juicy. The medium large size fruit will change to yel [ More Info ]

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Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista® Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista®' Grandpa's Rome-like Rezista® is an attractive bright red and yellow bi-colored apple. It is large in size. The fruit is finely textured, juicy, and sweet tart with a slightly spicy taste. It stores and holds well on and off the tree. Harvest in e [ More Info ]

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Harrow Delight Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Harrow Delight' Harrow Delight is an excellent, early ripening backyard pear. The fruit is medium size with an attractive red blush over a yellow background. The flesh is very smooth and less gritty than most pears. It is highly fire-blight resistant!! Ripens ne [ More Info ]

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Harrow Sweet Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Harrow Sweet' Harrow Sweet is an excellent late season pear, ripening with Bosc. It is known for its high quality fruit and early production. It has very good cold hardiness and resistance to fire blight. The fruit is yellow skinned with a red blush and only a [ More Info ]

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Jonafree™ Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Jonafree™' Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Jonafree is one of the scab immune varieties, that is most like it namesake, with which it ripens. Jonafree is nearly identical to old-time red Jonathan in eating quality, flavor, and appearance. It is slight [ More Info ]

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Kieffer Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Kieffer' Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Kieffer pear is an old-time favorite of pear lovers. It has large, long golden-yellow fruit often with a some crimson blush. It has crisp, jiucy, white flesh that is slightly course, with a musky aroma. It i [ More Info ]

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Liberty Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Liberty' Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Liberty is very similar to appearance to McIntosh, but its flavor is more tart and its flesh is crisper. It has a flavor all its own. It is a good dependable choice for any backyard orchard because it is high [ More Info ]

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Luscious Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Luscious' Luscious pear is very hardy and resistant to fire blight. It is an excellent dessert pear, but not well suited to canning. The fruit is medium size, bright yellow with a little red blush. Flavor is similar but [ More Info ]

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Moonglow Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Moonglow' Grandpa's Nature's Friendly™ Moonglow Pear is for home gardens. It is a medium-large, dull yellow fruit with a pink blush and it's white flesh is mildly juicy, soft and has a smooth texture. It's excellent, mild flavor with almost no gri [ More Info ]

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NovaSpy Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'NovaSpy' Granpa's Nature Friendly™ NovaSpy is a good scab resistant alternative to Northern Spy, which it resembles. The fruit is medium size with some stripy, dark red blush. The flesh is creamy yellow, fine textured and very firm and crisp. [ More Info ]

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Pristine® Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Pristine®' Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Pristine® is one of the best early disease resistant varieties for the garden. It is a very early ripening yellow apple that resembles Yellow Transparent in appearance, but is much firmer, less acid, and bette [ More Info ]

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Redfree Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Redfree' Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Redfree is an excellent tasting, summer apple with a lot of disease resistance. It is a good choice for the backyard orchard where you don't want to have to spray a lot. The fruit is medium sized, red, with s [ More Info ]

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Seckel Pear Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Seckel' Seckel is commonly called a Sugar Pear and although it isn't the prettiest fruit, it is one of the best quality dessert pears. It is small and yellowish brown with fine grained, smooth, and extremely sweet juicy flesh. It has a distinctive, spicy, ri [ More Info ]

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Wolf River Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'Wolf River' Wolf River apples are enormous, often weighing 1 pound or more. It has a pale red color over pale yellow skin and soft, tender, slightly mealy, creamy white flesh. Excellent for baking whole and drying. Resistant to scab, mildew, fireblight and cedar [ More Info ]

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York Apple Botanical Name: Malus domestica 'York' York is a popular eating, cooking and processing apple in the Northeast. Grandpa's strain is highly colored and quite spurry and more compact than ordinary York. [ More Info ]