Freedom (USA)
Apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A disease resistant variety bred in 1958 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA, from a complex parentage of Macoun, Antonovka, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and Malus floribunda.. Fruits have crisp, juicy, fairly coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession name
Freedom (USA)
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
mid october 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register