Sweet McIntosh

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1922

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 11.9 °Bx

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

Sweet McIntosh is a dessert apple developed in Geneva, New York in 1922 from a cross between Lawver and McIntosh parents. It is suitable for both fresh eating and baking.

Best Uses

fresh_eatingbaking_pie

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

Lineage

Parents

Mcintosh Lawver

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589020