Merton Beauty apple

/MUR-tuhn BYOO-tee/
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A variety of aniseed-flavoured, greenish-yellow eating apple streaked with red, raised by Mr MB Crane for JI Merton in 1932 in London as a cross between Ellison's Orange and Cox's Orange Pippin. It was not introduced until 1962. This mid-season variety is harvested from mid-September in South-East England and may be stored until October.

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