Megumi
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1931 at Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Japan. It was named in 1948. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Ralls Janet x Jonathan
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
57 mm b
Fruit Width
63-57 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and base b
Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow b
Over Colour
flushed dull orange brown, streaked red b
Flesh Colour
cream, tinged yellow b
Flesh Texture
firm, crisp b
Flavour
subacid b
Accession name
Megumi
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Oblong a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Firmness
firm a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
Accession name
Megumi
Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
early october a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register