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Macoun
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA by Richard Wellington. It was first described in 1918. Introduced in 1923. Fruits have crisp, tender, white flesh with a sweet, scented flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Mekaun
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- McIntosh x Jersey Black
- Mother to:
- Holiday
- Liberty
- Burgundy
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 49.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1929 - 040
- Accession name
- Macoun
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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