Victory (USA)
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by C. Haralson, Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Station, Excelsior, USA. Introduced in 1943. Fruits have crisp, juicy sweet flesh with a strawberry like flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
57.50 mm 2
Width
69.00 mm 2
Ribbing
very weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Victory (USA)
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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