Disease Susceptibility Ranking of Apples

NameFire blightApple ScabPowdery MildewCedar Apple RustLeaf Spots***
Ace DeliciousModerately Resistant4
Adam’s PermainModerately Resistant7Moderately ResistantSusceptible1Resistant
AkaneModerately Resistant4,5,7ResistantResistant1Moderately Resistant
AmbrosiaSusceptible7Highly SusceptibleResistant1, 3Susceptible
AnnaSusceptibleSusceptible
Antonovka KamenichkaSusceptibleSusceptible
Arkansas BlackModerately Resistant1,2,3,4,9Resistant3
Ashmead’s KernelModerately Resistant7Moderately ResistantSusceptible1Resistant
BaldwinHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,3Highly Resistant
BarryHighly Susceptible4,9
Baujade MacfreeResistant
BeaconHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,8,9SusceptibleModerately Resistant1Susceptible
BechtelHighly Susceptible4
Belle de BoskoopModerately Susceptible4
BelmacResistantModerately Resistant1Resistant
Ben DavisHighly Susceptible4,9Susceptible3
Binet RougeHighly Susceptible4
Black TwigHighly Susceptible4
Blushing GoldenModerately Susceptible4
BraeburnHighly Susceptible2,4, 7,9SusceptibleSusceptible1; Resistant2, 3Susceptible
BrandywineModerately Susceptible4
BritegoldResistant6,7ResistantResistant1,2SusceptibleSusceptible
BritemacModerately Resistant4,9Highly Susceptible3
Brown SnoutHighly Susceptible4
BurgundyHighly Susceptible4,9Susceptible
Calville BlancSusceptibleHighly Susceptible
CameoSusceptible7SusceptibleResistant1; Susceptible3Susceptible
CarrollModerately Resistant4,9
Cascade Spur DeliciousModerately Resistant4
CenturionModerately Resistant4
ChestnutModerately ResistantResistant1Resistant
ChinookSusceptible3
Chisel JerseyHighly Susceptible4Susceptible
Classic DeliciousModerately Resistant4
CoralburstModerately Resistant4
CortlandHighly Susceptible1,4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,8,9Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1; Highly Susceptible2, 3SusceptibleHighly Susceptible
Cox’s Orange PippinModerately Resistant4Susceptible3Susceptible
CrestonSusceptible3
Crimson BeautySusceptibleHighly Susceptible
Crimson Crisp (Co-op 39)Moderately Resistant7Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Highly Susceptible3Susceptible
Crimson TopazResistant
Cripps Pink (Pink Lady)Susceptible3
DabinetteHighly Susceptible4
Dana Red DeliciousModerately Resistant4
DavidModerately Resistant4
DaytonModerately Resistant5,6; Resistant7Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Resistant3Moderately ResistantSusceptible
DelbarestivalModerately Susceptible4
Delicious (Red)Moderately Resistant4,9SusceptibleModerately Resistant1Highly ResistantSusceptible
DemirSusceptibleSusceptible
DiscoveryModerately Susceptible4
Dixi Red DeliciousModerately Resistant4
DolgoModerately Susceptible4ResistantResistant1Moderately ResistantSusceptible
Dorsett GoldenSusceptibleSusceptible
Durello di ForliHighly Susceptible4
DutchessModerately Susceptible4; Resistant8
Earli JonHighly Susceptible4
EarligoldHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible9
Early McIntoshModerately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4,9SusceptibleModerately Resistant1Resistant
Early Red One DeliciousModerately Resistant4
Early Spur RomeHighly Susceptible4
EdenResistant
Ein ShemerSusceptibleSusceptible
Ellis BitterHighly Susceptible4
ElstarHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4
Elstar RedModerately Susceptible4
EmiliaSusceptibleSusceptible
EmpireModerately Resistant1,2,3,4,9; Moderately Susceptible4; Intermediate5; Resistant7,8Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1,2, 3ResistantSusceptible
Enterprise (Co-op 30)Moderately Resistant3,4; Moderately Susceptible4; Resistant5,6,7Highly ResistantSusceptible1; Resistant2, 3Resistant
Esopus SpitzenburgSusceptibleHighly Susceptible
EveresteModerately Resistant4
FirecrackerModerately ResistantResistant1Resistant
Florina (Querina)Moderately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant6,7ResistantModerately Resistant1Highly SusceptibleSusceptible
FreedomModerately Susceptible1,2,4; Moderately Resistant3,4; Intermediate5; Resistant6; Highly Resistant7Highly ResistantResistant1Resistant
FujiModerately Susceptible1; Highly Susceptible2,4, 7,9; Susceptible8SusceptibleResistant1,2, 3Resistant, Highly SusceptibleSusceptible
Fulford GalaModerately Susceptible4
GalaHighly Susceptible1,2,4, 5, 7,9; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible8Highly SusceptibleModerately Susceptible1; Resistant2, 3Resistant, SusceptibleSusceptible
GalarinaResistant
Geneva EarlyHighly Susceptible4
Ginger GoldHighly Susceptible1,4, 7,9Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1; Highly Susceptible2, 3Highly Susceptible
GlosterModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible9
Gloster 69Highly Susceptible4
Gold RushModerately Resistant3,4,6,7; Intermediate5; Resistant8
Gold SpurModerately Resistant4
Golden DeliciousModerately Susceptible1,2,4; Susceptible7,8,9SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1; Susceptible2, 3SusceptibleSusceptible
Golden HornetModerately Susceptible4
Golden More SuperHighly Susceptible4
Golden RussettHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible5
Goldrush (Co-op 38)Highly ResistantSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Granny SmithHighly Susceptible2,4, 7,9; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible8Highly SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,2, 3ResistantHighly Susceptible
GravensteinSusceptible7SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1Highly Resistant, Highly Susceptible
Gravenstein HollyModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible9Highly Susceptible3
Gravenstein Washington RedSusceptibleModerately Susceptible
Grimes GoldenModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9ResistantModerately Resistant1; Resistant3Resistant
HampshireSusceptible3
HaralsonModerately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4; Resistant7,8SusceptibleModerately Resistant1Moderately ResistantSusceptible
Hereford RedstreakHighly Susceptible4
HilleriModerately Susceptible4
Honey CrispModerately Resistant3; Resistant7,8Moderately ResistantSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Honey GoldModerately Resistant4; Highly Susceptible7; Susceptible8ResistantResistant1Susceptible
HopaModerately Susceptible4
HyslopHighly Susceptible4
IdaredHighly Susceptible4, 7,9; Susceptible8SusceptibleSusceptible1; Highly Susceptible2, 3Highly SusceptibleSusceptible
Imperial GalaModerately Susceptible4
Indian MagicModerately Susceptible4
Indian SummerModerately Resistant4
IngolSusceptibleSusceptible
InitialResistant
Irish PeachSusceptibleSusceptible
JambaModerately Resistant4,9
James GrieveModerately Resistant4Highly Susceptible
JerseymacModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Highly Resistant
Jonafree (Co-op 22)Moderately Susceptible1,2,4,5; Highly Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4,6; Highly Resistant8ResistantResistant2, 3Susceptible
JonagoldHighly Susceptible1,4, 7,9; Moderately Susceptible2,4; Resistant8SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Resistant
JonamacModerately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4; Susceptible7,9; Resistant8SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Resistant
JonathanHighly Susceptible1,2,4, 7,9; Susceptible8SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,2, 3SusceptibleSusceptible
JonneeHighly Susceptible4
Jonsib CrabSusceptibleHighly Susceptible
Juliet (Co-op 43)Resistant
JulyredHighly Susceptible1,2; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9Highly SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,  3Susceptible
Kansas K14SusceptibleModerately Susceptible
KeepsakeModerately Resistant4SusceptibleSusceptible
KelseyModerately Susceptible4
Kidd’s Orange RedModerately Resistant4
Kimball McIntosh 2-4-4-4SusceptibleSusceptible
Kingston BlackHighly Susceptible4
LadySusceptibleSusceptible
Late HarrisonHighly Susceptible4
LibertyModerately Resistant1,2,3,4,9; Moderately Susceptible4; Resistant5,6,7,8Highly ResistantResistant1; Susceptible2, 3Highly ResistantSusceptible
LodiHighly Susceptible1,2,4, 7,9; Susceptible8SusceptibleResistant1, 3Moderately Susceptible
Lord LambourneResistant3
LuraredModerately Resistant4
Lustre ElstarModerately Resistant4
LysgoldenModerately Resistant4
MacfreeModerately Resistant4,6,7ResistantModerately Resistant1Resistant
MacounModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9Highly SusceptibleModerately Resistant1; Susceptible3Resistant
MacspurModerately Resistant4
Magog’s RestreakHighly Susceptible4
Maiden BlushModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible9
ManchurianModerately Susceptible4
MargilHighly Susceptible4
Marshall McIntoshModerately Resistant4Susceptible
Mary PotterHighly Susceptible4
McIntoshModerately Susceptible1,2; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9; Resistant7,8Highly SusceptibleModerately Resistant1; Susceptible2, 3Highly Resistant
Medaille d’OrHighly Susceptible4
MelbaModerately Resistant4,9
MelroseModerately Resistant4,7; Highly Resistant8Highly SusceptibleResistant
MiltonModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Highly Resistant
MilwaHighly Susceptible4
MinyonModerately Susceptible4
Missouri PippinModerately Susceptible4
MoiraSusceptible6,7ResistantSusceptible1Resistant
Mollies DeliciousHighly Susceptible2; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleHighly ResistantModerately Susceptible
MonroeHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible8,9SusceptibleHighly Susceptible3Susceptible
Mor Spur MacModerately Resistant4
MurrayModerately Resistant6,7ResistantResistant1ResistantSusceptible
Mutsu (Crispin)Highly Susceptible1,2,4, 7,9; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible8Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Newtown PipponModerately Susceptible7SusceptibleSusceptible1Resistant
NiagraHighly Susceptible4,9Resistant3
Nicobel JonagoldHighly Susceptible4
NittanyHighly Susceptible4,9Resistant2, 3
NJ90Susceptible7Moderately ResistantResistant1Resistant
Northern SpyModerately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4; Susceptible7,9; Resistant8SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3SusceptibleSusceptible
Northwestern GreeningHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4,9; Highly Resistant8
Nova EasygroResistantSusceptible
Nova spyResistantModerately Resistant1Susceptible
NovaEasyGroModerately Resistant4,5,6,7; Highly Resistant8Resistant1Susceptible
NovamacModerately Susceptible4; Highly Resistant7; Resistant8Highly ResistantHighly Resistant1Highly Resistant
Novosibirski SweetSusceptibleSusceptible
Nured DeliciousModerately Resistant4
Nured JonHighly Susceptible4
Nured WinesapModerately Resistant4
NY 758401Intermediate5
Old HopeHighly Susceptible4
OrinSusceptible3
Ormiston RoyHighly Susceptible4
OtavaHighly Susceptible4
Ozark GoldModerately Resistant4
PaularedHighly Susceptible1,2,4, 7,9; Susceptible8ResistantModerately Resistant1Resistant
Perfect Spur CriterionModerately Resistant4
Pink LadyModerately Susceptible4; Highly Susceptible7Highly SusceptibleResistant1Resistant
PinovaModerately Susceptible4Susceptible3
Pinova (Corrail)Moderately Resistant7ResistantResistant1Susceptible
Pioneer MacModerately Resistant4
Pixie Crunch (Co-op 33)Resistant
Porter’s PerfectionModerately Resistant4
Prairie FireModerately Resistant4Susceptible
PriamResistant
Prima (Co-op 2)Moderately Susceptible1,2,4,7; Moderately Resistant3,4,5,6; Highly Resistant8Highly ResistantResistant1, 3Highly SusceptibleSusceptible
Prime GoldHighly Susceptible3
PrincessSusceptible3
PriscillaModerately Resistant1,2,3,4,5,9; Resistant6,7; Highly Resistant8Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Resistant3Resistant
Pristine (Co-op 32)Resistant5,7; Moderately Resistant6Highly ResistantResistant1; Susceptible3Susceptible
ProfusionModerately Resistant4
PuritanModerately Susceptible4; Highly Susceptible7; Susceptible9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
QuinteModerately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4; Highly Resistant8; Susceptible9Susceptible3
RadiantModerately Resistant4
Rambo-Red SummerSusceptibleSusceptible
Ramey YorkModerately Resistant4
RaritanModerately Resistant4; Highly susceptible9
Ras ResiResistant
RaularedHighly Susceptible3
ReandaModerately Resistant4
Red BarronHighly Susceptible4
Red Chief (Campbell)Moderately Resistant4
Red Chief (Mercier)Highly Susceptible4
Red CortModerately Susceptible4
Red DeliciousModerately Resistant1,2,3; Moderately Susceptible4; Resistant7,8
Red FujiModerately Resistant4
Red Fuji 4Highly Susceptible4
Red Fuji NaganoModerately Resistant4
Red JadeHighly Susceptible4
Red MaxModerately Susceptible4
Red SplendorModerately Susceptible4
Red Vein RussianModerately Resistant4
Red WinesapModerately Susceptible4
Red YorkingModerately Resistant4; Highly susceptible9
Redfree (Co-op 13)Moderately Susceptible1,2,4; Moderately Resistant5,6,7; Highly Resistant8; Susceptible9Moderately Resistant1; Susceptible3Highly ResistantSusceptible
RedspurModerately Resistant1,2
Redspur DeliciousSusceptibleSusceptible
RegentModerately Susceptible4
ReglindisModerately Resistant4
Reine de HativesModerately Resistant4
Reine des ReinettesModerately Resistant4
Reinette Grise duHighly Susceptible4
Reinette SimirenkoSusceptibleSusceptible
RemoModerately Susceptible4
Res GoldstarResistant
Res RajkaResistant
Res ReleikaResistant
Rhode Island GreeningModerately Resistant4; Highly Susceptible7, 9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3SusceptibleSusceptible
Roberts crabModerately Resistant4Susceptible
RomeHighly Susceptible1,2; Moderately Resistant4
Rome BeautyModerately Resistant4; Highly Susceptible7, 9; Susceptible8Highly SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,2, 3Highly SusceptibleSusceptible
RosedaleModerately Susceptible4
Roxbury RussetSusceptibleSusceptible1Susceptible
Roxbury RussettIntermediate5; Resistant7
Royal GalaHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4
RoyaltyHighly Susceptible4
RubinetteHighly Susceptible4
RubinolaModerately Susceptible4
RunkelResistant7ResistantResistant1; Susceptible3Resistant
SampionModerately Resistant4
SansaSusceptible3
SantanaModerately Resistant4
Scarlet GalaModerately Susceptible4
Scarlet O’Hara (Co-op 25)Susceptible7Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Susceptible3Resistant
Scarlet Spur DeliciousModerately Susceptible4
ScotiaHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible9
SenshuSusceptible3
SharonHighly Susceptible4
ShizukaSusceptible3
SilkenHighly SusceptibleSusceptible1Highly Susceptible
Sir PrizeHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Moderately Resistant4,6; Susceptible5,7; Highly Resistant8Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Resistant3Susceptible
Smith JonathanSusceptibleHighly Susceptible
SmootheeHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4
Snow CloudModerately Susceptible4
SnowdriftHighly Susceptible4
Sommerset RedstreakModerately Resistant4
Sops of WineModerately Susceptible4
SpartanHighly Susceptible4; Resistant8; Susceptible9Resistant3
SpigoldModerately Resistant4; Highly susceptible9Susceptible3
SpijonHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Spokane BeautySusceptibleHighly Susceptible
Spring SnowModerately Susceptible4
Spur Gala Go RedHighly Susceptible4
StamaredModerately Susceptible4
Stark BountyModerately Susceptible4; Resistant7; Moderately Resistant9SusceptibleSusceptible1Susceptible
Stark GalaHighly Susceptible4
Stark SplendorModerately Susceptible4; Resistant7; Moderately Resistant9SusceptibleSusceptible1Susceptible
Starking DeliciousModerately Susceptible4
Starkrimson [Delicious]Moderately Susceptible4
Starkspur Compact RedModerately Susceptible4
Starkspur EarliblazeHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleResistant1Moderately Resistant
Starkspur Law RomeHighly Susceptible4
Starkspur SupremeHighly Susceptible4
Starkspur Ultra StripeModerately Resistant4
StarrHighly Susceptible4,9
StaybriteHighly Susceptible4
StaymanModerately Susceptible1,2; Moderately Resistant4; Susceptible7,9Highly SusceptibleHighly Susceptible1,2, 3Susceptible
Stembridge JerseyHighly Susceptible4
Stokes RedHighly Susceptible4
StrathmoreHighly Susceptible4
Sturdeespur DeliciousModerately Resistant4
Summer RamboHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible9
Summer TreatHighly Susceptible4
SummerredHighly Susceptible4; Susceptible7,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Sun FujiHighly Susceptible4
SuncrispHighly Susceptible7Moderately SusceptibleModerately Susceptible1; Susceptible3Moderately Susceptible
Sundance (Co-op 29)Resistant7Highly ResistantModerately Resistant1; Susceptible3Resistant
SunriseSusceptible3
Super Chief RedHighly Susceptible4
Super JonHighly Susceptible4
Super MacResistant
Sweet DeliciousSusceptibleSusceptible
Swiss Gormet (Arlet)Moderately Resistant4Susceptible3
ThunderchildModerately Susceptible4
ThundercloudModerately Resistant4
Top Spur DeliciousModerately Resistant4
TopazModerately Resistant4
TopredModerately Resistant1,2
TranscendentHighly Susceptible4
TransparentHighly Susceptible1,2
Tremletts BitterHighly Susceptible4
TrentModerately Resistant6,7Highly ResistantResistant1ResistantHighly Susceptible
TurleyModerately Susceptible1,2; Moderately Resistant3,4,9
Twenty OunceHighly Susceptible4,9Susceptible3
Tydman’s RedHighly Susceptible1,2,4
Ultra Red JonathanHighly Susceptible4
VanguardModerately Resistant4
VikingModerately Resistant4,9; Resistant7SusceptibleResistant1ResistantModerately Susceptible
VirginiagoldModerately Susceptible4SusceptibleSusceptible
WayneHighly Susceptible4; Moderately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,8,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
WealthyModerately Susceptible4; Susceptible7,8,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Highly Susceptible
WellingtonModerately Resistant3,4,9; Resistant7SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Resistant
White CascadeModerately Resistant4
White JerseyHighly Susceptible4
WhitneyResistantResistant1Moderately Resistant
William’s PrideModerately Resistant3,4,6; Resistant5,7
William’s PrideHighly ResistantResistant1Highly Resistant
Williams RedModerately Resistant4
Winecrisp (Co-op 31)Resistant
WinesapModerately Susceptible1,2,4; Moderately Resistant4; Susceptible7,9; Highly Resistant8Highly SusceptibleResistant1, 2, 3Resistant
Winter BananaSusceptible7Highly SusceptibleSusceptible1Susceptible
Wolf RiverModerately Susceptible7ResistantResistant1Moderately Resistant
YatakaResistant3
YatesModerately Resistant2
Yellow TransparentHighly Susceptible4, 7, 9; Susceptible8Moderately ResistantModerately Resistant1; Resistant3Moderately ResistantSusceptible
York ImperialHighly Susceptible4, 7,9SusceptibleSusceptible1, 3Susceptible
Zestar!Moderately Susceptible7; Susceptible8Moderately SusceptibleResistant1, 3Susceptible

 

 

Fire blight ratings: This list is compiled from the following references. References are shown as superscript numbers in ‘Fire blight’ column. If you would like to explore further about method used for the assessment of fire blight susceptibility rating, please consult them. Fire blight susceptibility ratings for the same variety can differ in different references. Age of tree, weather conditions, horticultural practices, orchard management and type of strain used for artificial inoculations or presence of strains in natural infections can result in differences in susceptibility ratings.

1 Agricultural Extension Service, The University of Tennessee (SP277-R; Bost and Windham 2002)
2 Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ANR-542; Hagan et al. 2004)
3 Clemson Cooperative Extension (HGIC 2208; Doubrava and Blake 1999)
4 Colorado State University (Koski and Jacobi)
5 Cummins Nursery 2017
6 Ontario, University of Guelph, AAFC and OMAF (Cline, et al. 1998)
7 Purdue Extension (BP-132-W; Janna Beckerman)
8 Purdue Extension (BP-30-W; Janna Beckerman)
9 Virginia Tech (Yoder and Biggs)

Apple scab ratings: This list is compiled from the multiple references and our own data collected at research orchard in Geneva, NY. Unlike, fire blight susceptibility ratings, apple scab susceptibility ratings agree between most of the references and has less influence from age of the cultivar, geographical region within US, and artificial inoculations vs field observations.

Powdery Mildew ratings: This list is compiled from the following references. References are shown as superscript numbers in ‘Powdery Mildew’ column. If you would like to explore further about method used for the assessment, please consult the references below.

1 Purdue Extension (BP-132-W; Janna Beckerman)

2 Powdery Mildew of Apples (Marine et al. 2010)

3 Virginia Tech (Yoder and Biggs 2011)

Leaf Spot ratings: The Leaf spot rating data is based on symptomatic evaluations at research orchard in Geneva, NY.

***Leaf Spot ratings predominantly include Frogeye leaf spot, and Alternaria blotch (and in few cases, it might include Marssonina leaf blotch).