Hi-Early

Origin and History

Hi-Early was received from Heath Nursery, Pateros, Washington. It is a Delicious type clone. The variety was evaluated and reported by multiple agricultural experiment stations across the United States: the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; the University Experimental Farm, Kearneysville, West Virginia; the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. The variety was assigned station number 152 in the USDA survey.

Fruit

Color and Appearance: Hi-Early colors earlier and darker than the Starking Stripe type.

Other characteristics: Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.