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Early McIntosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Richard Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York from seed sown in 1909. It was introduced in 1923. Fruits have crisp, white flesh which is often tinged pink beneath the skin, with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Early Mac Intosh
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- White Transparent x McIntosh
- Mother to:
- Dunning
- Alton
- Father to:
- Shinsei
- Beverly Hills
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 52.00mm 2
- Width
- 58.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1929 - 042
- Accession name
- Early McIntosh
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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