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Melba
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1898 by W.T. Macoun at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Introduced in 1909. It received the Silver Wilder Medal from the American Pomological Society in 1927. Fruits have firm, crisp, white, juicy flesh with a refreshing vinous flavour. Skin is aromatic.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- McIntosh x Unknown
- Mother to:
- Caravel
- Silva
- Jamba 69
- Beverly Hills
- Father to:
- Ranger
- Pirja
- Sports:
- Red Melba
- Hunter Melba
Accession No.
1925 - 021
- Accession name
- Melba
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Pink 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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