According to the Missouri Apple website , the fat soils and warm days and nerveless Nox of August and September makes the Show Me State an exceeding place for produce deliciously flavored apples . Situated in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 5 and 6 , the parky winters allow for a not bad many varieties of apple to grow successfully . prefer trees with honest disease ohmic resistance and be mindful the humid summer weather incline to give softer apples than those grown further north in the Midwest .

Jonathan

One of the " big three " orchard apple tree grow in Missouri orchards is the variety Jonathan , according to the Missouri Apples website . Unfortunately , it is extremely susceptible to the primary disease of Malus pumila trees : fireblight , scab , cedar tree apple rusting and powdery mildew . Considerable treatment is ask on Jonathan orchard apple tree tree to yield the good , most appealing ( perceptiveness and appearance ) fruit crops . Nonetheless , this variety is among the most democratic apples with its soft but crisp tart shape and red skin . moot derived loanblend of the Jonathan with different disease resistance and yield qualities such as Jonafree , Jonalicious and Jonagold .

Red Delicious

The variety Red Delicious is a stock crisp cherry apple , widely sold in supermarket . In Missouri , this variety prove resistant to major apple tree disease except for apple scab ; in comparability to Jonathan , Red Delicious is easier to grow and get to yield high - timber fruits . Red Delicious apples are well harvested just after Labor Day , when they are still crisp in their soma texture . Missouri Cooperative Extension Service mentions that the physique tends to be suave in Red Delicious across the res publica , and fruit never attain that classic , attractive shape that those grown in the Pacific Northwest explicate .

Golden Delicious

rightfully luscious in spirit , Golden Delicious fruits are yellow but tend to get a " russet " or slight red bloom on the tegument because of Missouri ’s humid mood . This Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree tends to be susceptible to the same diseases as Jonathan . consort to the Missouri Cooperative Extension Service , Golden Delicious tends to produce crops in flip-flop years . It recommends growing a derivative change if you do n’t want apple that run to let on a russet color , such as Smoothee .

Enterprise

By mid - October , the hopeful red apples on tree diagram of Enterprise are ready for eat and harvesting . The big apples have a lemony but odoriferous and juicy flesh that is firm . This semi - dwarf tree variety is exceptional it is resistance to the four major apple tree diseases . Fruits lean to untimely drop in belated summertime as they get big . If salt away in a cool , teetotal localization , Enterprise apples tend to last for months .

Goldrush

Another semi - dwarf apple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree variety with good disease resistance is Goldrush . These enceinte , yellow apples are ready for harvest in belated October statewide . They also store for a foresightful period in a cool , dry setting and run to have amend flavour the longer they posture in storage , arrogate the " Sunset Western Garden Book . " Overall , the flesh is juicy and semi - sharp and sometimes the yellow-bellied tegument can have fragile russet hues .

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