Red Ingrid Marie
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured sport of Ingrid Marie. Discovered in Denmark in various places including the nursery of Mr Schneider. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a fair flavour.
Synonyms:
Ingrid Marie Schneider Strain, Karin Schneider
Availability
Not currently held in the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Type
Dessert 2
Accession name
Red Ingrid Marie
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register