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Acey Mac
type: Dessert, Eating, Sauce
synonyms: Buhr McIntosh
summary: Similar to the iconic McIntosh in taste and colour, but larger in size and firmer in texture.
identification: Medium in size and fairly round in shape. The base colour is a greenish yellow, over which the apple is washed deep red to deep purple red on more than 90 per cent of its surface.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp, juicy and sweet, moderately tart eating apple with strawberry flavours.
uses: Though it is primarily an eating apple which is at its best when fresh, it also makes a wonderful apple sauce. Just be aware that the flesh softens quickly when cooked.
origins: A seedling of McIntosh . New York (U.S.A.) 1969.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Spur bearer. It has a tendency to produce every other year.
cold storage: Does not keep well.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab and canker. Resistant to mildew, blight and rust.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the last half of the third period.
notes: Closely resembles Spartan and McIntosh in colour, shape and flavour. There is some conjecture that Acey Mac and Spartan are actually the same apple.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Diploid. Self Sterile.
cold storage weeks: 1
harvest period: 3
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