Beacon
syn. Fenton, Miller Red
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1908 at the University of Minnesota Experimental Breeding Farm, Excelsior, USA. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have sweet, softish flesh.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Height
- 54.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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