Origin: in Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil, by F. Denardi, L.F. Hough, and AP. Camilo, Santa Catarina Expt. Station. Introd. in 1988. Parentage: D1R101T117 × D1R103T245; crossed in 1975 at New Jersey Agr. Expt. Station; a sixth-generation derivative of C.S. Crandall’s Rome Beauty × M. floribunda 821 sib cross; ancestry includes Yellow Newtown, Golden Delicious, Crandall, Cortland, Melba, Wealthy, Starr, and Rome Beauty. Selected in 1982; tested as Malus 29. Tree: medium vigor; branches 90° angles with the trunk; open, spreading; resistant to apple scab; moderately resistant to powdery mildew. Lower winter chilling requirement than Gala; does not require chemical treatment to break dormancy in Caçador. Precocious; heavy, annual cropping; overripe fruit drop from the tree. Flowering: several days before Gala. Fruit: medium size, 150 g; round to round-conic, no russet, bright red over yellow ground; attractive; flesh light cream, moderately juicy, firm; flavor mildly acid; ripens 3 weeks before Gala and 6 weeks before Golden Delicious; early ripening results in no bitter pit; stores well in cold storage.
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