Lobo

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1930

Origin

Ottawa, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 15.6 °Bx
Fruit height: 64.0 mm
Fruit width: 78.0 mm

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

Lobo is a McIntosh-style dessert apple developed in Ottawa in 1930 with one known parent. It features yellow skin with red overcolor and stores well for several months at cool temperatures.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh

Offspring

Jaspi Heta Sandra Priscilla-NL Red Spy Double Red Northern Spy Konsta Pekka Petteri Talvikki Tobias Vinterkanel

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 143180
UK National Fruit Collection: 3553
Wikidata: Q3257634
MUNQ ID: 788