Bancroft

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1935

Origin

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.9 °Bx
Fruit height: 71.4 mm
Fruit width: 78.9 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Bancroft is a Canadian dessert apple developed in Ottawa by crossing Forest and McIntosh. It features white, crisp and juicy flesh, and is typically harvested in mid-October for November through December consumption.

Flavor & Texture

crisptenderjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Forest

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589052
UK National Fruit Collection: 318
Wikidata: Q41775304
MUNQ ID: 515