Kendall
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1912 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, by Richard Wellington. It was introduced in 1932. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Zusoff
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Conical 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Kendall
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register