Geneva Ontario

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Tetraploid. A sport of Ontario having larger fruit. It was found in the orchard of New York state Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Fruits have rather coarse, soft flesh with a subacid and sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Ontario

Accession No.
1966 - 002   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Geneva Ontario (NY)

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
strong 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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