Alexis

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A more highly coloured sport of McIntosh. Received via Scotland from Yugoslavia. It first fruited in Scotland in 1960.Fruits have rather soft, very juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant vinous flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of McIntosh

Accession No.
1967 - 058   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Alexis

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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