Melrose Apple

Melrose

Dessert apple

Raised by Freeman S. Howlett at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, USA. Selected in 1937 and introduced in 1944. Fruits have creamy white, moderately firm, a little coarse-textured, juicy flesh, with a pleasant sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Synonyms:

Melrose

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Sports:

Dugamel

Marstar

Flowering time:

7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time: Early October

Size: large

Shape: Broad globose conical

Ribbing: medium

Crown: strong

Ground Colour: Green yellow

Over Colour: Orange

Over Colour Amount: medium-high

Over Colour Pattern: striped/solid flush

Russet: low

Coarseness: coarse

Flesh Colour: Cream

Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk

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