Fruit is black, glossy, firm, very large with a high sugar content and excellent flavor. Ripens about the same time as Chickasaw, and harvest season extends about 45 days. Good results in postharvest evaluations. Excellent for fresh consumption or processing. Thornless Varieties Apache - Released in 1999, plant has erect growing, thornless canes.
Fruit is blocky and conical and very attractive with a glossy black finish.
Sugar content is comparable with other varieties and flavor rated very good. Seed size is larger than Arapaho and Navaho. Fruit size is twice as large as Navaho, and yields are high. Bloom date is between that of Navaho and Arapaho, and ripening date is later than both varieties but more concentrated. Vigor, health, erectness of cane, and cold hardiness exceed that of Arapaho and Navaho.