Merton Worcester

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1948

Origin

England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 15.0 °Bx
Fruit height: 51.0 mm
Fruit width: 63.0 mm

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

Merton Worcester is a dessert apple developed at John Innes Institute in England from a deliberate cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain. Selected in 1935 and introduced in 1948, it received an RHS Award of Merit in 1950 and is suitable for fresh eating with a picking period in early September.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Cox Orange Pippin Worcester Pearmain Cox's Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 199009
UK National Fruit Collection: 3941
Wikidata: Q41779413