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Apple varieties, United States

Macy

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

Raised by H.L. Lantz at Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, USA. It was introduced in the 1920s. Fruits have soft, cream flesh with a subacid to sweet flavour.

Family tree

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

Macy United States, by the 1920s
- Seed parent Northwestern Greening
- Pollen parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
  - Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
    - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier

Where Macy came from. The lines lead to its parents: Wealthy (United States).

Sources

Macy (accession 1922 - 021), 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 (early october); the other names.