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Black McIntosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An earlier colouring sport of McIntosh. Selected in 1928 by H. Simpson, Oliver, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1930. Fruits have melting, juicy flesh with a vinous flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Blackmack
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of McIntosh
Accession No.
1952 - 016
- Accession name
- Black McIntosh (EM)
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 62.72 mm 1
- Width
- 70.85 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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