Idaho Delicious
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A tetraploid form of Delicious. Received by the National Fruit Trials from U.S.A. in 1965. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured juicy flesh which is very sweet with a highly aromatic flavour. Very tough skin.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Delicious
Accession name
Idaho Delicious
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register