Merton Charm apple

/MUR-tuhn CHAHM/
[English]

A variety of greenish-yellow eating apple streaked with red, raised by Mr MB Crane for JI Merton in 1933 in London as a cross between McIntosh and Cox's Orange Pippin. It was not introduced until 1962 and received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1960 and the Award of Garden Merit in 1993. This mid-season apple is harvested from mid-September in South-East England and may be stored until October.

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