Regent apple tree

Malus domestica 'Regent'

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 3

Regent is a large attractive red-flushed dessert apple with a pleasant sweet flavor.

The apples ripen late - typically mid-October in northern states. They retain their flavor and texture very well in cold storage.

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How to grow

Regent has reasonable disease-resistance, particularly against cedar-apple-rust (CAR), but is susceptible to fireblight.

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History

Regent is one of many varieties developed by the renowned and long-running University of Minnesota cold-hardy apple breeding program, and released in the early 1960s.

Regent was long-assumed to be a cross of Daniels Red Duchess and Delicious, but DNA-testing in 2020 confirmed that it was actually a cross of Haralson and McIntosh. The visual resemblance to Haralson is quite apparent.

Regent characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesEating freshCulinary
• Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
• General resistanceAverage
• FireblightSome susceptibility
• ScabSome susceptibility
• Cedar apple rustVery resistant
• Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
• Country of originUnited States
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flesh colourCream