Early McIntosh apple

/UR-lee MAK-in-tosh/
[English]

A variety of strawberry-flavoured, red flushed eating apple raised by Mr R Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experimental Station in Geneva in 1909 as a cross between White Transparent and McIntosh and introduced commercially in 1923. This early-season apple is harvested from August and has poor storage properties.

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