Mandan
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by William A. Oitto, Northern Great Plains Research Center, Mandan, North Dakota, USA. It was introduced in 1965. Fruits have firm, crisp, very juicy, yellowish flesh with a mildly subacid and good flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Duchess x Starking
Accession name
Mandan
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
58.42 mm 1
Width
62.73 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1
Russet
absent 1
Firmness
firm 1
Juiciness
juicy 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register