Honeycrisp

Honeycrisp ™, literally " honey croquant" marketed under the name HoneyCrunch (" honey croustillant") in France, is the name of a Cultivar of Pommier ( Malus domestica “Honeycrisp”) developed by the research center horticultural of the Université of Minnesota, with Twin Cities. Introduced on the market in 1991, Honeycrisp quickly became a large business success because of its excellent qualities Organoleptique S. In spite of the three million trees in culture into 2006 with the the United States and with the Canada, the principal problem remains to succeed in answering the strong demand of the consumers. The variety from now on is also cultivated in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany and in the valley of the the Loire in France but the offer not being sufficient, the price of this apple remains rather high.

The cultivar is under copyright until 2008.

Gustatory qualities

With its good taste of Miel, the variety is particularly sweetened, crunching and juicy, which makes an ideal apple with knife of it. Not very sensitive to oxidation (tanning), Honeycrisp is also preserved very well if one stores it in fresh and dry medium.

Origins of the cultivar

Initial filiation was carried out by David Bedford and Jim Luby of the university of the Minnesota in 1960. The first publications of the university of Minnesota indicated that Honeycrisp was a Hybride cultivars Macoun and Honeygold in 1960. However, the study Génétique led by a group of research indicates that none of these cultivars is relative of Honeycrisp. On the other hand, one could determine that Keepsake, another cultivar also developed by the university of the Minnesota, would be one of the parents. The other remains not identified.

Sown for the first time in 1962 then selected in 1974 under the name of culture " Minnesota 1711" , the Pomme was distributed commercially for the first time in 1991. Marketing in Europe is made under the name of HoneyCrunch ®.

In 2006, the state of Minnesota made Honeycrisp apple the " fruit of État".

The tree

The Malus domestica “Honeycrisp” is a very rustic tree, some survived temperatures of -50°C. It presents a good ramification and its fructification is of type “Golden”. The setting with fruit is fast and its productivity in oceanic moderate climate is strong. The Honeycrisp orchards have a susceptibility to alternation but are not very sensitive to the Tavelure of the apple tree.

Flowering slightly precedes the variety by reference “Official reception”. The gathering is carried out in several passages and intervenes in medium of gathering of “Gala”. It gives fruits every year if one clears up the production by eliminating all the small fruits and by balancing the load on the tree.
Il is at the same time pollinated by any pollen Diploïde as the cultivars “Cortland”, “Empire”, “Redfree” and “Fuji”

Fruit

The “Honeycrisp” (marketed under the name “Honeycrunch”) is a two-tone apple of red color on green bottom, yellowing with maturity. Honeycrisp needs cold to take its full red coloring. With maturity, its fine skin is covered with Lenticelle S. the gauge is large, the majority of the fruits being located in fork 75 to 90 mms in diameter.

Harvest is practiced from September 15th to October 15th in its native Minnesota. In France, harvest starts at the end of August. Honeycrisp shows excellent qualities of conservation and consumes October at March ideally.

Coalfields in Europe

The first introduction in France goes back to 1994 in the area of Angers. The Européenne production is mainly concentrated on the soil of the Loire Valley. The other places of French production are located in the area of South-west, in Provence and Picardy. Orchards HoneyCrunch are also present in Germany close to Hamburg. The Européenne production of HoneyCrunch represents 10.000 tons in 2007.

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