Idared

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Leif Verner at Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA. It was introduced in 1942. Fruits have white, tinged green, firm, crisp, fine-textured flesh with a sweet and pleasant vinous flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Jonathan x Wagener

Father to:
Fiesta
Arlet

Size
large 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat 2

Height
64.50 mm 2

Width
79.00 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Flesh Colour
White 2

Accession No.
1976 - 146   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Idared (LA)

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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