Maclean's Favourite apple
A high quality late-season dessert apple with a rich sweet-sharp flavour. The tree is a heavy cropper but can be disease-prone.
USDA identification images for Maclean's Favourite
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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United Kingdom
- Reach Community Orchard in Cambridge,
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Unknown
- Originates from: Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1820
- Developed by: Dr Allan Maclean
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1950-085
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweet/Sharp
- Cropping: Heavy
Growing
- Flowering group: 5
- Vigour: Weak growing
- Fruit bearing: Tip-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Poor
Where to buy fresh fruit
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References
- The Fruit Manual
Author: Hogg
A very excellent dessert apple, abundant bearer, delicate grower.