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Apple varieties, United States

Kimball McIntosh

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

A larger fruited sport of McIntosh. Discovered in 1948 in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA by R. Kimball. Fruits have rather soft, fine-textured,very juicy flesh with a sweet and vinous flavour.

Family tree

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

Kimball McIntosh United States, 1948
- Sport of McIntosh Canada, 1811

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

Sources

Kimball McIntosh (accession 1974 - 064), 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).