Jazz

AppleAvailable

Gala x Braeburn (NZ)

Across the consideration criteria

How it grows

Cold hardiness
-15°F
Ripening
Late-season
Vigor
Moderate (Inferred Default)
Disease tolerance
Low
Drainage need
Moderately Well
Soil pH
5.8–7
Graft requirement
Graft Required
US availability
Available

Considerations

Winter hardiness-15°F
TenderVery hardy

Wood hardy to about -15°F.

Ripening seasonLate
EarlyLate

Late-season harvest.

Disease resistanceLow
Needs sprayResistant

Low overall resistance across the pome pathogens.

Fire blightSusceptible
SusceptibleResistant

Canopy susceptible (Gala/Braeburn parents) to fire blight, the dominant pome disease.

VigorModerate
LowHigh

moderate (inferred default)

Soil pH preference5.8–7
4.58.5

Prefers a pH band of 5.8–7.

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