Merton Prolific

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1935

Origin

United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 50.0 mm
Fruit width: 61.0 mm

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

Merton 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

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Northern Greening x Cox's Orange Pippin Northern Greening

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 3938
Wikidata: Q41779403