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Cortland
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1898 by S.A. Beach at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Fruits have moderately juicy, slightly coarse-textured flesh with a sweet, refreshing flavour. Skin is tough.
- Synonyms:
- Cartland, Courtland, Courtlandt
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Ben Davis x McIntosh
- Mother to:
- Birgit Bonnier
- Kim
- Eva Lotta
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 59.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
Accession No.
1976 - 139
- Accession name
- Cortland (LA 72A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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