Merton Charm
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. Released in 1962. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1960. Fruits have tender, fine-textured, very juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Cox's Orange Pippin
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
51.00 mm 2
Width
57.00 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Merton Charm (M133)
Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register