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Apple varieties, United States

Black Mickey

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A sport of McIntosh, having a more solid flush. It was found in 1929 by I.C.Rogers in Dansville, New York, USA. Introduced in about 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 Mickey United States, 1929
- Sport of McIntosh Canada, 1811

Where Black Mickey came from. The lines lead to its parents: McIntosh (Canada).

Sources

Black Mickey (accession 1967 - 063), 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).