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Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Dark red McIntosh successor with more crunch and better keeping.
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5🇺🇸 USA 1966
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmtartcrispjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- McIntosh x Red Delicious
- Breeder
- Cornell / NY State Agr. Exp. Station, Geneva
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 160 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, dark red fruit with crisp-juicy, cream-white flesh and balanced sweet-tart taste.
Growth
Hardy, early and regular bearing; little fruit drop unlike McIntosh.
Yield
High; holds texture in store far better than its parent.
Notes
Popular snack and lunchbox apple in North America.
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