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Summerland
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1926 by K.O. Lapins, at Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Fruits have juicy, melting flesh. Flavour is poor in U.K. ripened fruits.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- McIntosh x Golden Delicious
- Mother to:
- Summerred
Accession No.
1974 - 251
- Accession name
- Summerland
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 61.10 mm 1
- Width
- 71.22 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- juicy-very juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019