Pristine® Apple Tree

Pristine® is the apple that starts the season early — and starts it right. Ripening in mid-July, it’s one of the first apples ready for harvest each summer, delivering crisp, juicy, sweet-tart fruit weeks before most other varieties come in. Add outstanding disease resistance across four major apple diseases, and Pristine® becomes one of the most practical and rewarding early-season apple trees you can plant in Zones 5–8.

One of the First Apples of Summer

Pristine® ripens about a week and a half after Lodi in mid-July — putting fresh homegrown apples on your table at the very start of apple season. The medium-sized, canary-yellow fruit with a subtle pink blush is crisp, juicy, and full of sweet-tart flavor that’s genuinely satisfying fresh off the tree. It’s also excellent for pies and applesauce, and stores well in refrigeration for up to six weeks — a respectable shelf life for an early-season variety.

Exceptional Four-Way Disease Resistance

Pristine®'s disease resistance package is one of the best available among apple varieties. It resists apple scab, powdery mildew, fire blight, and cedar-apple rust — four of the most common and damaging apple diseases — in a single tree. For home growers who want beautiful, clean fruit without an intensive spray program, that kind of comprehensive resistance translates directly into healthier trees, less work, and more consistent harvests year after year.

Why Growers Choose Pristine®

• Early mid-July harvest — one of the first apples ready each summer
• Crisp, juicy, sweet-tart flavor — excellent fresh, in pies, and for applesauce
• Resists scab, mildew, fire blight, and cedar-apple rust — four-way disease resistance
• Up to 6 weeks of storage — good keeping quality for an early-season apple
• Vigorous grower — establishes quickly and bears fruit reliably within a few years
• Cold hardy in Zones 5–8 — dependable performance across a wide range of climates