1 / 6Margil
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 12.3 °Bx
- Titratable acidity
- 3.46 g/L
- Juice pH
- 4.00
- Fruit height
- 59.6 mm
- Fruit width
- 66.3 mm
source: GRIN
source: GRIN
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Margil is a small, conical dessert apple with orange skin heavily streaked with deep red and russet patches. The flesh is yellow, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary with a powerful aromatic flavor, considered one of the finest dessert apples and a rival to the Ribston Pippin. It is hardy, generally an abundant bearer, and in use from November to February; the tree is well-suited to dwarfs or espaliers.
Flavor & Texture
Best Uses
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- found wilding
- Known by
- ≥ 1750
Disease Resistance
- Fire blight
- highly susceptible
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 264558
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3785
- Wikidata
- Q1955347
- MUNQ ID
- 732
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hook