Disease resistant, temperature tolerant, naturally dwarfing, easy to prune crosses made with Fuji, Gold Rush, Gala.
"“We were looking for a variety that ripened in hot weather and didn’t turn into mush. A lot of varieties are green one day and fall on the ground the next day. Jonagold, a wonderful northern variety, when you grow it down here — boom — it’s on the ground,” Walsh explained. He said the seed parent of the yellow apple is GoldRush, and Fuji for the parent of the red apple. His first cross was a Dwarf McIntosh with a Gala. That produced the grandparent trees in 1991, which they called Compact Gala Macs. These in turn were used as parents with the GoldRush and Fuji to create second-generation trees and these new apples.
The MD-TAP1 is large and looks and tastes mild and mellow, like a Golden Delicious, with fruit that ripens in late September. The MD-TAP2 is sweet, with low acidity, like a Fuji, and ripens later, in October."
I have tried several mid season apples that are reported to do well in cooler areas but many of these get mushy during the ripening period in central AL. Only a few apples have done well for me. Williams Pride, an early apple does well as long as I pick it a little early. Red Rebel does pretty well for a mid season apple. I have also successfully ripened Pink Lady and Sundowner as late apples. I added several more varieties of scions this year that I have hopes that they will do well for me at my location. Those crosses look promising and if successful will help us growers.