Linda

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1935

Origin

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 15.5 °Bx
Fruit height: 62.7 mm
Fruit width: 70.1 mm

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

Linda is a large dessert apple from Ottawa, Ontario that was selected in 1914 and introduced around 1935. The tree grows vigorously and the fruit is valued for fresh eating.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Parents

Langford Beauty

Offspring

Lindel Eden Karmen

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589032
UK National Fruit Collection: 3528
Wikidata: Q10562429