McLiver's Winesap

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1950. Origin: Received from New Zealand.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Winesap x Unknown

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat to intermediate, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
42-48 mm ^b

Fruit Width
51-57 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye, slightly on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
mottled orange-red flush and red streaks ^b

Russet Type
some russet on base ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1951 - 250   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from New Zealand. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
McLiver's Winesap

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

Size
small ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Juiciness
dry-medium ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register