USDA-NPGS

Macfree

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1974

Origin

Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.4 °Bx

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

Macfree is a greenish-yellow dessert apple with a 75% red flush, developed in Trenton, Ontario through a deliberate cross completed in 1953 and introduced in 1974. The white flesh is juicy, coarse, and tough, with a harvest window around mid-September and ripening in early October.

Flavor & Texture

juicycoarse_grainedtough

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

Disease Resistance

Apple scab: resistant
Fire blight: moderately resistant
Powdery mildew: moderately resistant
Cedar-apple rust: resistant

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 613946
UK National Fruit Collection: 5389
Wikidata: Q41779080