Macross
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927. Fruits have fairly firm, coarse, crisp, tender, white tinged pink flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Unknown
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
medium-firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Macross
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register