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Close
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 11.6 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 72.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 75.0 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.
Close is a greenish-yellow apple with red striping, developed in Virginia and introduced in 1938. It has medium dimensions of approximately 65–75 mm width and 67–72 mm height, and is primarily used for fresh eating with a harvest period in early August.
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- sport mutation
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589076
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1162
- Wikidata
- Q10455483