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Melba
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 11.0 °Bx
source: GRIN
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Melba is a Canadian dessert apple developed in Ottawa and introduced in 1909. It features green skin with red overcolour and is ready for eating in early to mid-August. The fruit stores well in cold conditions for up to 90 days.
Best Uses
fresh_eating
5 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
Disease Resistance
- Fire blight
- moderately resistant
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589112
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3899
- Wikidata
- Q3304952
- MUNQ ID
- 167