Novamac
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Novamac is a crisp, juicy dessert apple developed in Nova Scotia and introduced in 1978. It features a round to conic shape with 80% red striping on greenish-yellow skin and white flesh with subacid flavor. The cultivar shows strong resistance to apple scab, cedar apple rust, and fire blight, though it is susceptible to mildew.
Flavor & Texture
subacidcrispfine_grainedtenderjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
Disease Resistance
- Apple scab
- highly resistant
- Fire blight
- highly resistant
- Powdery mildew
- highly resistant
- Cedar-apple rust
- highly resistant
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 9113
- Wikidata
- Q41779698