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Bancroft
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 13.9 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 71.4 mm
- Fruit width
- 78.9 mm
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
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
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589052
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 318
- Wikidata
- Q41775304
- MUNQ ID
- 515