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Black Mickey
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A sport of McIntosh, having a more solid flush. It was found in 1929 by I.C.Rogers in Dansville, New York, USA. Introduced in about 1930. Fruits have melting, juicy flesh with a vinous flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of McIntosh
Accession No.
1967 - 063
- Accession name
- Black Mickey
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green 1
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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