Holiday

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1964

Origin

Ohio, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 15.5 °Bx
Fruit height: 58.0 mm
Fruit width: 64.0 mm

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Holiday is a crisp, juicy apple with sweet and vinous notes, developed in Ohio in 1964 from Macoun and Jonathan parentage. It serves equally well for fresh eating, cooking, and baking, with peak harvest in mid-October and best storage through December.

Flavor & Texture

sweetvinouscrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eatingcookingbaking_pie

Lineage

Parents

Macoun Jonathan

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589669
UK National Fruit Collection: 2771
Wikidata: Q41778052