Dermen McIntosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Tetraploid. A sport of McIntosh. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1966 from the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station, Geneva, New York. Fruits have rather soft, very juicy, sweet flesh with a pleasant vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of McIntosh
Type
Dessert 2
Accession name
Dermen McIntosh
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register