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Yellow Transparent
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 10.9 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 55.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 70.0 mm
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.
Yellow Transparent is one of the earliest apples, excellent for cooking and acceptable for fresh eating. It ripens starting in July with continuous maturation over several weeks, and produces reliable annual crops. Though somewhat delicate in handling, it is grown throughout the country for home use and occasionally for local market.
Flavor & Texture
subacidtenderjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eating
9 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Offspring
Where to Pick
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
- Original breeder
- Ernest Baltet
- First introduced
- 1869 · Baltet firm
sprightlysubacid
Disease Resistance
- Apple scab
- moderately resistant
- Fire blight
- highly susceptible
- Powdery mildew
- moderately resistant
- Cedar-apple rust
- moderately resistant
- Leaf spot
- susceptible
Cornell Apple Variety Database.
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 588859
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 6401
- Wikidata
- Q136433094