McIntosh
syn. M'Intosh, Mac Intosh, Mac Intosh Red, Mac-Intosh, Mac-Intosh Red, MacIntosh, MacIntosh Red, Mackintosh, Mackintosh Red, Makintos, Mc Intosh, Mc-Intosh Red, Mc. I. Red, Mc.Intosh Red, McIntosh Red, Mek-Intosh, Mekintos
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Discovered in 1796 by John McIntosh near Dundela, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. Propagated by Allan McIntosh. It was introduced and named in about 1870. Fruits have white, rather soft, fine-textured, very juicy flesh with a sweet, pleasant vinous flavou
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1928-019 · McIntosh
- Picking time
- mid september
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 2006-014 · McIntosh (LA)
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid to sweet, aromatic
- Ribbing
- not, or slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Over colour
- much flushed and striped deep bright red
- Flesh colour
- white, sometimes tinged red
- Skin texture
- covered with bloom
- Flesh texture
- fine, crisp, tender
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 71.95 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 59.83 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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