Mollie's Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1948 by G.W. Schneider, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, USA. Introduced in 1966. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a flavour similar to Golden Delicious.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Golden Delicious X Edgewood x Red Gravenstein X Close
Accession name
Mollie's Delicious
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Truncate conical a
Height
72.62 mm a
Width
84.43 mm a
Ribbing
strong-very strong a
Crown
medium-strong a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.