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Geneva Ontario

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Tetraploid. A sport of Ontario having larger fruit. It was found in the orchard of New York state Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Fruits have rather coarse, soft flesh with a subacid and sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
12th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Ribbing
strong
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
mottled/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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