Scotia

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Selected in 1948 and introduced in 1961. Fruits have soft, melting, white flesh with a sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
McIntosh x Unknown

Accession No.
1965 - 027   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Scotia

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August ¹

Size
medium ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
Broad globose conical ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
absent ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
high ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ¹

Russet
low ¹

Firmness
soft-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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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