Pioneer Mac™
(Greiner Strain) ORDER NOW  Available on the following rootstock(s)
BUD 9 - View Info
M-9 (337) - View Info
EMLA 7 - View Info
Description
Ripens just after Rogers Red McIntosh allowing flexibility in harvest. Fruit quality and size are excellent. Flesh is white and firmer than other Mac strains. Fruit colors to a full 90% bright red in the southern Hudson Valley. Pioneer Mac has exhibited resistance to late-season drop on mature trees. Considered a non-spur, the tree exhibits semi-spur flower bud formation with some fruiting on one-year-old wood. Tree is less vigorous and more spreading than other McIntosh strains. Pioneer Mac will pollinate both Marshall McIntosh and Rogers Red McIntosh. Highest quality McIntosh suitable for CA storage. Characteristics
Bloom: Mid Season
Maturity Date: September 12
Fruit Color: Red Rating (1-9) 9 being the best.
Size: 7
Keeping Qualities: 7
Resistance to Fire Blight: 7
Resistance to Apple Scab: 3 Pollination Information
Pioneer McIntosh blooms in mid-season and will pollinate all other early blooming apple varieties, varieties blooming in the middle of the season, and also varieties blooming late in the season.
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