Medina

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1922

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.5 °Bx
Fruit height: 63.0 mm
Fruit width: 70.5 mm

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

Medina is a dessert apple introduced in 1922 at Geneva, New York, developed from a cross between Deacon Jones and Delicious parents.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

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

Lineage

Parents

Delicious Deacon Jones

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589531
UK National Fruit Collection: 3891
Wikidata: Q41779310