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Northern Lights Apple
Malus domestica 'Northern Lights'
- Summary
- Hardiness Zone & More
Northern Lights produces large, attractive, glossy, bright red blushed apples. It has a flavor similar to McIntosh and with semi-firm, tasty white flesh.. It is very cold hardy and best suited to back yard orchards in cold climates. It ripens near McIntosh season and will keep a few months in cold storage.
Northern Lights was bred in Geneva, New York and extensively tested in North Dakota. It was a Harelson X McIntosh cross made in 1938 and selected in 1947. However it was not released to the public until 1990.
Northern lights cross pollinates well with most other varieties.
- Height
- 12-15
- Spread
- 10-15
- Zone
- 2-7
- Color
- Bright red
- Categories
- Apple--- Hardy Varieties,
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