Merton Charm

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1962

Origin

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 51.0 mm
Fruit width: 57.0 mm

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

Merton Charm is an English dessert apple bred from Rogers McIntosh and Cox Orange, introduced in 1962. It produces small fruit on a semi-weeping tree with heavy crops, best enjoyed fresh from September through October.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

McIntosh x Cox's Orange Pippin

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3932
Wikidata: Q41779385