Ontario apple
Malus domestica
Very good eating, juice and cooking apple. Medium-large fruit with green skin flushed and striped red. Flesh fine textured, very juicy, sprightly and aromatic.
Ontario apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Ontario
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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Germany
- Nick Baile in Bruehl,
Canada
- Ryan Monahan in Brantford, ON
- Sergei in Pembroke, ON
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Wagener x Northern Spy
- Originates from: Paris, Ontario, Canada
- Introduced: 1820
- Developed by: Charles Arnold
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1923-058
Identification
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
- Awards: RHS AM
- Alleles: 1
- Alleles: 8
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Cooking result: Puree
- Food uses: Culinary
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Triploid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Ontario apple trees for sale:
- Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Ontario apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Ontario:
Canada
British Columbia
- Salt Spring Apple Company, Salt Spring Island
References
- Apples of England (1948)
Author: Taylor