Monroe
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1910 by Richard Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA. Introduced in 1947. Fruits have fine, soft, cream flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Jonathan x Rome Beauty
Father to:
Burgundy
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
57.00 mm 2
Width
69.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Monroe
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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