Ames
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A by H.L. Lantz. It was introduced in the 1920s. Fruits have soft, fine, juicy flesh with a sweet, vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Allen's Choice x Perry Russet
Size
small 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Globose conical 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Ames
Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register