Winter Banana

Measured Phenotype

Brix

13.7 °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.

Winter Banana is a large, pale yellow apple with a distinctive pinkish-red blush that is attractive and characteristically aromatic. It has mild, sweet dessert quality but lacks the acidity needed for cooking. The fruit stores well through December in ordinary storage and ranks with Rhode Island Greening in cold storage, making it suitable for commercial use to extend the season after Maiden Blush.

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Lineage

Origin & History

Status

heritage

Origin type

chance seedling

Original breeder

David Flory

First introduced

1890 · Greening Brothers, Monroe, Michigan

Disease Resistance

Apple scab

highly susceptible

Fire blight

susceptible

Powdery mildew

susceptible

Cedar-apple rust

susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS

PI 588861

UK National Fruit Collection

6829

Wikidata

Q1689387