Pristine apple

Pristine, one of the "modern" apples, was added to the orchard in the 1990's but mis-labeled as Grimes Golden.  Although I had figured out that it definitely was NOT Grimes Golden, it took a visit from apple sleuths extraordinaire Joanie Cooper and Shaun Shephard before I found out that it was actually Pristine.

Pristine is a trademarked tree from Purdue, part of the PRI series from the joint work of Purdue, Rutgers and Indiana.  We also have it's relatives Prima and William's Pride. 

In our orchard, it is pretty much biennial, only blooming and fruiting every other year.  It comes in early, around mid-August most years.  It ripens all at once - and suddenly. Not quite ripe one week, it will be over-ripe and dropping off the tree by the end of the next week.  On semi-dwarf rootstock and getting to the end of it's expected life, the tree is continuing to bear for now.

Although a fine eating apple in it's own right, I would not plant another, as the trademark restricts propagation, and also it's habit of bearing all at once and then dropping off the tree a few days later.