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A McIntosh illustrated in 1901. The McIntosh apple is a small to medium-sized round fruit with a short stem. It has a red and green skin that is thick, tender, and easy to peel. Its white flesh is sometime tinged with green or pink and is juicy, tender, and firm, soon becoming soft. The flesh is easily bruised. [5]
Here’s where you can pick your apples near you. Ohio’s popular U-Pick farm: Lynd Farms. If you’ve apple-picked in Ohio before, especially in the central region of the state, ...
W3964 Wege Road, Appleton. Hofacker's is open for the season and customer's can visit from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The ...
Northern Spy also called ' Spy' and ' King', is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated on the farm of Oliver Chapin in East Bloomfield, New York, in about 1840. [1][2][3] It is popular in upstate New York. The Northern Spy was one of four apples honored by the United States Postal Service in a 2013 set of four 33¢ stamps ...
Red Delicious. Red Delicious is a type of apple with a red exterior and sweet taste that was first recognized in Madison County, Iowa, in 1872. Today, the name Red Delicious comprises more than 50 cultivars. It was the most produced cultivar in the United States from 1968 to 2018, when it was surpassed by Gala. [1][2][3]
Roxbury Russet. The ' Roxbury Russet' is an apple cultivar, believed to be the oldest apple cultivar bred in the United States, having first been discovered and named in the mid-17th century in the former Town of Roxbury, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony southwest of (now part of) Boston. [1] It is known by several other names including ...
Macoun apple. ' Macoun' apples are a cross between the 'McIntosh' and ' Jersey Black ' cultivars. [1] The Macoun ("Ma-cown," after the variety's namesake, Canadian horticulturalist W.T. Macoun, but sometimes also pronounced either "Ma-coon" or "McCowan") was developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, by Richard ...
The apple is a deciduous tree, generally standing 2 to 4.5 metres (6 to 15 feet) tall in cultivation and up to 15 m (49 ft) in the wild, though more typically 2 to 10 m (6.5 to 33 ft). [5][1] When cultivated, the size, shape and branch density are determined by rootstock selection and trimming method. [5]