Megumi
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1931 at Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Japan. It was named in 1948. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Ralls Janet x Jonathan
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
57 mm b
Fruit Width
63-57 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and base b
Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow b
Over Colour
flushed dull orange brown, streaked red b
Flesh Colour
cream, tinged yellow b
Flesh Texture
firm, crisp b
Flavour
subacid b
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Accession name
Megumi
Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
25th 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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