McLiver's Winesap
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1950. Origin: Received from New Zealand.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, slightly on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 51-57 mm
- Over colour
- mottled orange-red flush and red streaks
- Russet type
- some russet on base
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 42-48 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- dry-medium
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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