Black McIntosh
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
An earlier colouring sport of McIntosh. Selected in 1928 by H. Simpson, Oliver, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1930. Fruits have melting, juicy flesh with a vinous flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Black McIntosh Canada, 1928
- Sport of McIntosh Canada, 1811
Sources
- Black McIntosh (accession 1952 - 016), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september); the other names.
