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Criterion
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 67.6 mm
- Fruit width
- 72.2 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.
Criterion is a dual-purpose apple developed in New York in 1898, believed to descend from Ben Davis. Unlike its parent, it has a notably tart flavor and displays dark red skin with prominent striping.
Flavor & Texture
tart
Best Uses
cookingfresh_eating
Lineage
Sports
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1385
- Wikidata
- Q41776249