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Merton Prolific
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 50.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 61.0 mm
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.
Merton Prolific is a dessert apple developed in England by crossing Northern Greening with Cox Orange Pippin, selected in 1935. It features sweet, slightly acidic flesh and is best used fresh from December through January.
Flavor & Texture
sweetsubacid
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3938
- Wikidata
- Q41779403