HORTICULTURE

Apple Variety Fire Blight Susceptability in 1991

Severity of fire blight on 2- and 3-year-old apple trees on M.7a or M.7 EMLA rootstocks at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center following a severe epidemic in 1991.

Severity scores for 84  Apple Cultivars y,z

Variety

July 17

Sept. 11

Moderately Resistant
Red Chief (Campbell) Delicious

10.0

9.7

Nured Delicious

9.7

9.5

Starkrimson Delicious

9.5

9.5

Liberty

9.7

9.2

Keepsake

9.7

9.2

Nured Winesap

9.5

9.2

Early Red One Delicious

9.2

9.2

Top Spur Delicious

9.2

9.2

Cascade Spur Delicious

9.2

9.2

Lurared

9.2

8.7

Melrose

9.0

8.5

Starkspur Ultra Stripe Delicious

9.0

8.5

Starkspur Supreme Red Delicious

8.7

8.5

Starkspur Compact Red Delicious

8.7

8.5

Intermediate Resistance    
Red Max

9.2

8.2

Empire

8.7

8.2

Ace Delicious

8.7

8.0

Scarlet Spur Delicious

8.7

8.0

Jonamac

8.2

8.0

Marshall Mcintosh

8.2

8.0

Sturdeespur Delicious

8.5

7.7

Freedom

8.0

7.7

Macspur

8.0

7.7

Lysgolden

9.2

7.5

DixiRed Delicious

8.5

7.5

Regent

8.0

7.2

Prima

7.7

7.2

Classic Delicious

8.5

7.0

Dana Red Delicious

8.2

7.0

Lustre Elstar

8.0

7.0

Scarlet Gala

8.0

7.0

Swiss Gormet (Arlet)

7.7

7.0

Stamared

7.7

7.0

Ozark Gold

7.7

7.0

Pioneer Mac

7.5

7.0

Mor Spur Mac

7.7

7.0

Akane

8.0

6.7

Red Winesap

8.0

6.7

Golden Glory

8.0

6.7

Gold Spur

7.7

6.7

Perfect Spur Criterion

7.5

6.7

Red Chief (Mercier) Delicious

7.5

6.7

Granny Smith

7.0

6.7

Moderately Susceptible
Summer Treat

8.2

6.5

Red Fuji

8.0

6.5

Smoothee

7.2

6.5

Stark Gala

7.2

6.5

Mutsu

7.0

6.2

Red Cort

6.7

6.2

Golden Delicious

6.7

6.2

Honeygold

7.2

6.0

Imperial Gala

7.2

6.0

Super Chief Red Delicious

6.7

6.0

Moderately Susceptible
Fulford Gala

7.2

5.7

Royal Gala

7.0

5.7

Virginiagold

6.5

5.7

Staybrite Staman

7.5

5.5

Red Fuji #4

6.5

5.5

Jonagold

6.2

5.5

Blushing Golden

7.5

5.2

Very Susceptible
Spur GalaGoRed

7.0

5.0

Red Fuji Nagano

6.7

5.0

Nicobel Jonagold

5.2

5.0

Spigold

5.2

4.7

EarliJon

6.5

4.5

Fuji

5.5

4.5

Northwest Greening

5.5

4.5

Ultra Red Jonathan

5.2

4.5

Berts Special

5.0

4.5

Prime Gold

5.0

4.5

Double Red Jonathan

6.7

4.2

Braeburn

5.7

4.0

Geneva Early

5.2

4.0

Super Jon

4.7

4.0

Earligold

5.5

3.7

Jonnee

4.7

3.5

Idared

5.7

3.5

Starkspur Law Rome

4.7

3.2

Jonafree

3.2

3.2

Red Yorking

3.7

3.0

Nittany

4.0

2.7

Early Spur Rome

4.2

2.5

Ginger Gold

5.0

2.2

Nured Jon

3.0

1.7

Y Data adapted from T. M. Thomas and A. L. Jones, 1992. Plant Dis. 76:1049-1052.
Z Final USDA rating scores were based on the scale: 10 = 0%; 9 = 1-3%; 8 = 4-6%;
7 = 7-12%; 6 = 13-25%; 5 = 26-50%; 4 = 51-75%; 3 = 76-88%; 2 = 89-99%; and 1 = 100% of the tree blighted.
Data are mean rating scores for four trees

Compare this table with the fire blight table from 2000


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First posted: Feburary 14, 2003
Modified: Feburary 24, 2005