Alton
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1923 by Richard Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1938. Fruits are similar in flavour to McIntosh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Ground colour
- Green
Source · National Fruit Collection
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