McLiver's Winesap

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Winesap x Unknown

Accession No.
1951 - 250   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from New Zealand. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
McLiver's Winesap

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
small 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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