Orleans

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1924

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.6 °Bx
Fruit height: 58.0 mm
Fruit width: 65.0 mm

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

Orleans is a yellow dessert apple with red striping developed in Geneva, New York and introduced in 1924 as a cross of Deacon Jones and Delicious. It is primarily eaten fresh and stores well from October through January.

Best Uses

fresh_eating

1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Delicious Deacon Jones

Offspring

Anna

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 276567
UK National Fruit Collection: 4426
Wikidata: Q41780028
MUNQ ID: 249