Freyberg

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1934

Origin

New Zealand

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.9 °Bx
Fruit height: 50.0 mm
Fruit width: 60.0 mm

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

Freyberg is a New Zealand dessert apple developed in 1934 from a cross of Golden Delicious and Cox Orange. It features white, juicy flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavor profile and is typically picked in early October for use through December.

Flavor & Texture

sweetaromaticjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Golden Delicious Cox Orange Pippin Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 276299
UK National Fruit Collection: 2149
Wikidata: Q41777159