Horticultural Research Center indicated that candy crisp apple Honeycrisp was a hybrid of the apple cultivars ‘Macoun’ and ‘Honeygold’. The US patent for the Honeycrisp cultivar expired in 2008, though patent protection in some countries continues until as late as 2031. 10 million by 2011, split three ways by the University of Minnesota between its inventors, the college and department in which the research was conducted, and a fund for other research.
Honeycrisp apple flowers are self-sterile, so another apple variety must be nearby as a pollenizer in order to get fruit. Most other apple varieties will pollenize Honeycrisp, as will varieties of crabapple. Honeycrisp will not come true when grown from seed. Young trees typically have a lower density of large, well-colored fruit, while mature trees have higher fruit density of fruit with diminished size and color quality. Fruit density can be adjusted through removal of blossom clusters or young fruit to counteract the effect. Apple growers in New Zealand’s South Island have begun growing Honeycrisp to supply consumers during the US off-season.
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