USDA-NPGS
Sharon
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 14.6 °Bx
source: GRIN
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Sharon is a red-striped dessert apple introduced in Iowa in 1922, resulting from a cross of McIntosh and Longfield. The tree is vigorous, productive, and hardy.
Best Uses
fresh_eating
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
Disease Resistance
- Fire blight
- highly susceptible
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589322
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 5760
- Wikidata
- Q41781515