'Montreal Beauty'
Malus
Crab
Montreal Beauty is a large crab apple that originated in Quebec around 1833. The fruit is oblong conic to roundish, yellowish-green mostly covered with red, with yellowish-white, tender, juicy flesh. It has a subacid flavor with slight astringency, ripens in late September and October, and is well known in the Montreal and Quebec regions, though less commonly found in the United States.
Flavor & Texture
subacidsweet_tarttenderjuicy
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
subacidastringent
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
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