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 b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Height
57.50 mm b
Width
69.00 mm b
Ribbing
very weak b
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
soft b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Victory (USA)
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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