Newtosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by the Horticulture Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. It was selected in 1922. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender, greenish white flesh with a sweetish subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Yellow Newtown Pippin
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Newtosh
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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