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Cox's Pomona
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary / Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 62.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 75.0 mm
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.
Pomona is a medium to large English apple, frequently attractive when highly colored with crimson mottling and striping over pale yellow. The flesh is crisp, tender and juicy with a subacid, sprightly flavor suitable for cooking. Beach notes it is not recommended for commercial planting in New York, as the fruit is easily bruised and does not keep well.
Flavor & Texture
subacidsprightlycrisptenderjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eatingcooking
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Offspring
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
- Original breeder
- Mr. Cox
- Known by
- ≥ 1825
subacidsprightly
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1334
- MUNQ ID
- 2033