Minjon

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior, USA. Introduced in 1942. Fruits have rather soft, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Wealthy x Jonathan

Size
small-medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Truncate conical 2

Height
51.00 mm 2

Width
55.50 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
high 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2

Firmness
soft 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1951 - 060   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Minjon

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register