Ames

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A by H.L. Lantz. It was introduced in the 1920s. Fruits have soft, fine, juicy flesh with a sweet, vinous flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Allen's Choice x Perry Russet

Accession No.
1922 - 020   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Ames

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register