Exquisite

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1902

Origin

Canton, Illinois, United States

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 63.0 mm
Fruit width: 72.0 mm

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

A dessert apple of below-medium size with yellow skin striped and marked with red. The flesh is white, juicy, and melting with a rich, vinous, nearly saccharine flavor. A delightful table apple that fruits from September to November, originated in the orchard of A. G. Downing in Canton, Illinois.

Flavor & Texture

sweetaromaticjuicymelting

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cellini Cellini x Cox's Orange Pippin

Origin & History

Status: unknown
Origin type: deliberate cross
Original breeder: A. G. Downing

vinoussaccharinerich

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 1929
Wikidata: Q41776881