Liberty
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, New York, U.S.A. It was introduced in 1978. Fruits have crisp, juicy, slightly coarse textured flesh with a good flavour. Trees are resistant to scab, cedar apple rust, fireblight and powdery mildew.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 25th April (10%) · 28th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 62.33 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 59.41 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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