Ein Shemer Apple
Pollination & Compatibility Guide
Ein Shemer apple pollination guide: low-chill diploid, early bloom, paired with Anna and Dorsett Golden. Provisional chill hours and warm-climate notes.
Ein Shemer is Self-Sterile (Needs 1 Partner)
Partners: Anna, Dorsett Golden. Ein Shemer needs at least one compatible pollinizer from bloom group 0–2 to set a reliable crop. It is often sold as self-fertile, and it will set a reduced crop alone in warm climates with a reliably mild bloom — but that is climate-dependent, not genetic, so plan a pollinizer.
- Chromosome Ploidy
- self sterile
- Required Companions
- 1 Diploid Partner
- Bloom Group
- Group 1 (Early Spring)
- Harvest Timing
- Early Season
Flowering Period & Overlap Window
Apple flowering periods are classified into numbered bloom groups (1 through 6). A variety reliably cross-pollinates with cultivars in its own group or adjacent groups (±1 group).
Any compatible diploid apple flowering within Group 1 to 2 provides matching blossom overlap.
Compatible Pollination Partners (21)
| Cultivar | Bloom Group | Overlap Type | Harvest | Primary Uses | Interactive Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross | |
| Group 1 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross | |
Duchess of Oldenburg | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Cooking | Test Cross |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Late | Cider, All-Purpose | Test Cross | |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Late | All-Purpose | Test Cross | |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Late | All-Purpose, Storage | Test Cross | |
Jersey Mac | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross |
Jonamac | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | All-Purpose | Test Cross |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Mid | All-Purpose | Test Cross | |
Lodi | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Cooking | Test Cross |
Macoun | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Mid | Fresh Eating | Test Cross |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Mid | All-Purpose | Test Cross | |
Mollie's Delicious | Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross | |
| Group 2 | Full Overlap | Early | Fresh Eating | Test Cross |
Incompatible Varieties & Exclusions (4)
These varieties overlap in flowering time with Ein Shemer but cannot fertilise it due to sterile pollen (triploids) or shared genetic incompatibility alleles.
Gravenstein produces no viable pollen, so it cannot serve as a pollinizer.
Ribston Pippin produces no viable pollen, so it cannot serve as a pollinizer.
Roxbury Russet produces no viable pollen, so it cannot serve as a pollinizer.
Tompkins King produces no viable pollen, so it cannot serve as a pollinizer.
Grower Commentary: Ein Shemer Low Chill and Companion Planting
Ein Shemer is a low-chill diploid apple from Israel, and our record gives a provisional figure of about 350 hours below 7.2 °C, higher than Anna or Dorsett Golden but still low for apples. That figure has not yet been checked against a primary source, so confirm it with your nursery or local extension before ordering trees.
It flowers early, in bloom group 1 in our record, and Anna and Dorsett Golden are its standard companions. A single tree may set a partial crop in a warm district with a reliably mild bloom, but the safe plan is a pair or a trio so that every tree is pollinated at the same time.
The catalogue lists cooking as its main use. Fruit ripens early and does not keep, so plan for local sale or processing. Choose a vigour-controlling rootstock, thin early and avoid cold hollows, because early flowers carry frost risk if chill is met sooner than you expect.
Key Orchard Considerations for Ein Shemer
Chill is about 350 hours; verify locally before ordering.
Plant with Anna or Dorsett Golden so all three are pollinated together.
Short keeping; sell early or process rather than store.
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