Cultivar 1342: Vista Bella

Vista Bella is a standard-apple type (ST, fruit about 5 cm or larger) in the packet, with parentage listed as NJT7349 x Julired/Julyred [S1]. The same source package also records it as NJT7349 x Julired with high certainty in one snippet and as N?7349 x Julyred in another, so the parent symbol is slightly uncertain [S1].

The fruit is described as well colored like a McIntosh with waxy skin, and as a dessert apple with high flavor and aroma [S1]. It is said to ripen in mid August at Polson, Montana, and then drop when ripe, with generally poor keeping quality [S1]. Notes describe it as having much better texture than other summer apples, while Coutts called it a good early apple but somewhat tender [S1].

Growth notes say trees are vigorous and productive, self fertile, and inclined to overset; they are also noted as subject to scab and mildew [S1]. At Saskatoon it was observed over several years and overwinters well, and the source marks it with a hardiness code of H1-2, interpreted as between the hardiest and moderately hardy classes [S1]. It is referenced to Nikolai (1991), Montana State Agricultural Experiment Station material, and BHB (Bart Hall-Beyer and Richard, Ecological Fruit Production in the North, 1983) [S1].

Summary source basis

• S1: Edible Apples in Prairie Canada

This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada.

Featured source descriptions

“Fruit resembles a well-colored McIntosh with waxy skin.”
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“At Saskatoon it survived several years and overwinters well.”
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“Dessert apple of high quality flavor and aroma.”
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“Self fertile and tends to overset.”
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Direct parent cultivars

• No direct linked parent cultivars promoted yet.

Parentage claim text

• Cross of an uncertain N-series selection and Julyred.
• NJT7349 x Julired.

Derived or downstream cultivar links

• No derived or downstream lineage links yet.

Source-story quotations

• Vista Bella (NJT7349 x Julired) ST Fruit resembles a well colored McIntosh with waxy skin. Self fertile. Tends to overset. Dessert apple of high quality flavor and aroma. Ripens mid August at Polson, Montana. Drops when ripe. Poor keeping. Trees vigorous, productive subject to scab and mildew. At Saskatoon several yearEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p71
• Vista Bella (NJT7349 x Julired) ST Fruit resembles a well colored McIntosh with waxy skin. Self fertile. Tends to overset. Dessert apple of high quality flavor and aroma. Ripens mid August at Polson, Montana. Drops when ripe. Poor keeping. Trees vigorous, productive subject to scab and mildew. At Saskatoon several yearEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p71
• Vista Bella (NJT7349 x Julired) ST Fruit resembles a well colored McIntosh with waxy skin. Self fertile. Tends to overset. Dessert apple of high quality flavor and aroma. Ripens mid August at Polson, Montana. Drops when ripe. Poor keeping. Trees vigorous, productive subject to scab and mildew. At Saskatoon several yearEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p71
• Vista Bella (NJT7349 x Julired) ST Fruit resembles a well colored McIntosh with waxy skin. Self fertile. Tends to overset. Dessert apple of high quality flavor and aroma. Ripens mid August at Polson, Montana. Drops when ripe. Poor keeping. Trees vigorous, productive subject to scab and mildew. At Saskatoon several yearEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p71

Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.

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