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Beacon
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 12.9 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 54.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 64.0 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.
Beacon is a Minnesota apple introduced in 1936, resulting from a complex cross involving Malinda, Duchess of Oldenburg, and Tetofsky. It offers a lively, juicy flavor and is well-suited for baking and fresh eating, though it does not store well and is best used from September through October.
Flavor & Texture
sweetjuicy
Best Uses
cookingfresh_eatingbaking_pie
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
Disease Resistance
- Apple scab
- susceptible
- Fire blight
- highly susceptible
- Powdery mildew
- moderately resistant
- Cedar-apple rust
- susceptible
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589885
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 6300
- Wikidata
- Q4875903