A new apple tree particularly distinguished by fruit having a dark red color with a predominantly conical shape that fruit ripens 7 to 10 days later than the commercial variety ‘Honeycrisp’, is disclosed.
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Claim 1: . A new and distinct variety of apple tree designated ‘MAIA-RZ’ as illustrated and described herein.
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Variety denomination: ‘MAIA-RZ’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of apple tree, botanically known asxand hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘MAIA-RZ’. ‘MAIA-RZ’ originated from a population of seedlings from an open pollination conducted in 2003 of the commercial apple tree variety ‘Honeycrisp’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,197) and an unknown pollen parent. In 2005, seedlings from the 2003 cross were planted as one-year old trees in Newark, Ohio. Evaluations began in 2010, and a seedling variety was identified having desirable properties in 2011 and subsequently named ‘MAIA-RZ’. ‘MAIA-RZ’ was asexually reproduced in 2014 in Newark, Ohio by vegetative cuttings from budwood which was graphed on ‘G.41’ rootstock (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,139).
The variety ‘MAIA-RZ’ is distinct from the female parent ‘Honeycrisp’ based on ‘MAIA-RZ’s stronger red coloration, with a darker and more complete shade of red, covering 80-90% of the fruit. ‘MAIA-RZ’ fruit ripens 7-10 days later than ‘Honeycrisp’, and the fruit shape is conical versus the oblate/roundly oblate shape of ‘Honeycrisp’.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Newark, Ohio.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘MAIA-RZ’. The data which define these characteristics was collected in Biglerville, Pennsylvania in 2023. The age of ‘MAIA-RZ’ plants where relevant are provided below. All colour determinations were made using 2015 (2019 Reprint) Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) Colour Chart.
Table 1 below provides a comparison of ‘MAIA-RZ’ to a commercial ‘Gala’ apple (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,637).
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March 17, 2026
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