Fireside

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1943

Origin

Excelsior, Minnesota, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.6 °Bx
Fruit height: 70.0 mm
Fruit width: 87.0 mm

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

Fireside is a sweet, fragrant apple with yellow skin and red striping, developed in Minnesota and introduced in 1943. The flesh is coarse and juicy with a subacid flavor, making it popular in the upper Midwest for fresh eating. It stores well through April and is best harvested in early October.

Flavor & Texture

sweetsubacidcoarse_grainedtenderjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Wealthy Northwest Greening Longfield

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 644191
UK National Fruit Collection: 2032
Wikidata: Q41777010