Webster

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary·Triploid

Introduced

1938

Origin

Geneva, New York, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.4 °Bx

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

Webster is a large red cooking apple developed in Geneva, New York in 1921 and introduced in 1938. It is a triploid derived from Ben Davis and Jonathan parentage, picking in early October and suitable for use through December.

Best Uses

cooking

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

Lineage

Parents

Ben Davis Jonathan

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 588948
UK National Fruit Collection: 6641
Wikidata: Q41782575