McSweet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927. Fruits have firm, crisp, white, tender, juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and distinctive moderate flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
McSweet
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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