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Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary / Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 13.3 °Bx
- Titratable acidity
- 4.90 g/L
- Juice pH
- 3.60
- Fruit height
- 60.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 76.0 mm
source: GRIN
source: GRIN
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Winesap is one of the oldest and most popular apples in America, widely known from Virginia westward to the Pacific Coast. The fruit is well-colored with good dark red appearance, uniform in shape and size, and of very good quality when well grown. The flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy with a sprightly subacid flavor, and the apple stores well from January to June, though it tends to be small in New York's climate.
Flavor & Texture
Best Uses
29 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Where to Pick
- Behling's OrchardOrleans CountyU-Pick
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
Disease Resistance
- Apple scab
- highly susceptible
- Fire blight
- highly resistant
- Powdery mildew
- resistant
- Cedar-apple rust
- resistant
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 588799
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 6820
- Wikidata
- Q16878488
- MUNQ ID
- 447