The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Early McIntosh

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

Raised by Richard Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York from seed sown in 1909. It was introduced in 1923. Fruits have crisp, white flesh which is often tinged pink beneath the skin, with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

  • Early McIntosh United States, 1909

Offspring in the atlas

  • Alton × New York 845 (Red Canada; United States, 1923
  • Beverly Hills × Melba; United States, 1939
  • Dunning × Cox's Orange Pippin; United States, 1923
  • Julyred × Petrel; United States
  • Shinsei × Golden Delicious; Japan, 1930

6 varieties in the atlas descend from Early McIntosh.

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

Sources

  1. Early McIntosh (accession 1929 - 042), 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 august); the other names.

All 235 varieties from United States