Melrose (2)
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Freeman S. Howlett at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, USA. Selected in 1937 and introduced in 1944. Fruits have creamy white, moderately firm, a little coarse-textured, juicy flesh, with a pleasant sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Melrose
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Sports:
Dugamel
Marstar
Accession name
Melrose (2)
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
medium 1
Crown
strong 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
firm 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register