Apple Cultivars
Apple varieties developed at the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, an agricultural and natural resources research program of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), are licensed by the Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. If your company is interested in non-exclusively licensing the TropicSweet apple cultivar, please contact Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
TropicSweet ('Fla. 90-3') - (U.S. Patent PP9,708)
Apple Variety
Description: TropicSweet produces a medium size, sweet tasting fruit. It has a low chilling
requirement of 250 chill units adaptable to subtropical climates.
Trees are observed to be resistant to powdery mildew and fire blight.
Fruit sugar levels are typically 14 to 15 brix, but low in acidity
resulting in a delicious, sweet taste even in green fruit. Trees of
TropicSweet bloom with 'Anna' apple at Gainesville but ripen in early
June about a week before 'Anna.' Fruit are firmer and taste much
sweeter than 'Anna' and are noticeably lower in sourness (acidity),
even when green ripe. Fruit range 20 to 30% red overcolor and have a
green ground color compared to 50% for 'Anna' and are about the same
size (120 g or 6.5 cm diameter). Fruit shape is round-conic. Fruit
are uniform in shape and size and mature in about 105 to 110 days after
full bloom. Trees produce a moderately vigorous semi-spreading tree
with good crotch angles with a semi-spur-type bearing habit. Trees of
TropicSweet are not self-fruitful, but this variety is
cross-pollinated with either 'Anna' or 'Dorsett Golden.' TropicSweet
is recommended for areas where 'Anna' is grown successfully (North
central to central Florida has proven most reliable for 'Anna'). FFSP has non-exclusively licensed
the following two (2) entities for the propagation of TropicSweet apple in
the territory of the United States:
Where can you obtain trees of TropicSweet?