A very early, yellow apple, Pristine is a tasty, somewhat tart/sweet apple with some astringent notes of spice, banana, and green apple. A “pristine” apple because of its disease resistance; resistant to scab, powdery mildew, fire blight and cedar-apple rust, researchers at Perdue-Rutgers-Illinois essentially bred a much more refined 21st century version of Golden Delicious. Also outstanding for its storage ability and shelf life, Pristine is certainly a keeper (pun intended ;). Zone 4.

Plant with Cox’s Orange Pippin, Honeycrisp, Newtown Pippin, McIntosh, Macoun, or any of our cider apples.

These bare root trees are roughly 5-7 ft tall and are grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock (of lower vigor of the semi-dwarfs).