Early McIntosh

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1909

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 11.8 °Bx
Fruit height: 52.0 mm
Fruit width: 58.5 mm

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

Early McIntosh is a dessert apple developed in Geneva, New York in 1923 from a cross of Yellow Transparent and McIntosh. It offers excellent flavor and is ready for harvest in early August.

Flavor & Texture

excellent

Best Uses

fresh_eating

6 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Yellow Transparent White Transparent

Offspring

Dunning Alton Beverly Hills Shinsei

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

Disease Resistance

Apple scab: susceptible
Fire blight: moderately resistant
Powdery mildew: moderately resistant
Cedar-apple rust: resistant

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589023
UK National Fruit Collection: 1758
Wikidata: Q41776595