Sundance^™ Apple Tree

One of the Most Exciting Apples in Years!

(6 customer reviews)

Large fruit has porcelain to yellowish-green skin, often with a red blush and creamy white flesh. Delightful popping-crisp texture is ideal for fresh eating and pies—it holds the texture and bakes up perfectly—not too hard and never gets mushy. Exceptional sweet-tart flavor; sugary with refreshing hints of pineapple and lemon. Matures mid to late October, but hangs on the tree up to a month without loss of quality. Stores for up to 4 months in refrigerator— so you can enjoy them into winter! Excellent resistance to scab and cedar apple rust. Zones 5-8. U.S. Patent No. 13819.

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Zones: 5 - 8 (-10° F.); Cold Hardiness Status: Unknown
Height: 22 - 25'
Spacing: 20' in all directions
Depth: Same as in the nursery.
Sun/Shade: full sun
Pollinator: Fireside, Liberty, Pixie Crunch, Nova Spy, Golden Delicious, GoldRush
Yield: 10+ bushels
Color: fruit color is somewhat pale, yellow-greenish color; flesh is whitish cream and has crisp-breaking texture
Blooms: mid - late season, so blooms are less susceptible to frost damage

Fruit: medium-large, conic-round shape, long stem, excellent sweet-tart flavor
Comments: The only scab immune, yellow variety that had legitimate resistance to cedar rust. From the Purdue breeding program. High sugar content. Very high fruit quality. Fruit does not drop prematurely. Sundance apples are sweet with a slight pineapple-like flavor.
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- Wednesday, May 26, 2010
still waiting to see the blooms
Reviewed By: Jessica (Denver, CO)
I ordered a Lil Big Pixie Crunch and Sundance three seasons ago. I had a couple of apples last year on the Pixie Crunch and this year it was covered in blooms. I am still waiting to see a bloom on the Sundance which is nearby. I was under the impression by year 3 I might have some apples- or at least some blooms. Otherwise the tree seems very health and is nicer looking that the Pixie. But I am disappointed.

- Thursday, October 14, 2010
Good for rust but bad for rot
Reviewed By: Jon (Cobden, Il)
I have a 5 year old Sundance tree which beared for the first time this year. It has perfect resistance to cedar rust as noted by rust on my other trees. It produced large apples with a good crisp taste. The only bad part I lost several apples to a Rot disease. I used the generic fruit tree spray ever 7-10 days. Will probably need a different kind of spray to fight the rot.

- Thursday, November 13, 2008
Disease Resistant
Reviewed By: Todd (Raymond, NE)
My parents have a two year old sundance tree and I planted one this last spring. Cedar apple rust has affected some varieties on our yards, but sundance shows no sign of cedar apple rust on either of our sundance trees. Mine is planted close to a windbreak of cedars and still shows no sign of cedar apple rust! There are many cedar trees in our area, so cedar apple rust is a concern here, as evidenced by some other varieties I have. The varieties I have that show excellent resistance to cedar apple rust include sundance, liberty, and wolf river (a HUGE apple). Our sundance apple trees are too young to bear fruit yet, so I might be giving it a five star rating too soon, but I could not help but notice it's excellent disease resistance.

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Sundance™ Apple Tree

Sundance^™ Apple Tree