Newtosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by the Horticulture Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. It was selected in 1922. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender, greenish white flesh with a sweetish subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Yellow Newtown Pippin
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Newtosh
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register