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Early Cortland

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1949

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.4 °Bx

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Early Cortland is a dessert apple developed in Geneva, New York through a cross of Cortland and Lodi. The selection was completed in 1949, producing medium-sized fruits with predominantly red skin suitable for fresh eating.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cortland Lodi

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589147