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Early McIntosh
type: Culinary, Dessert, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Early Mac.
summary: Very similar to the McIntosh apple in appearance and flavours, but ripens more than a month earlier. Sweet with a classic Mac flavour.
identification: Medium size. Shape can vary from round-flattened to round-conic. Some vague ribbing on the sides. The skin base colour is yellow extensively washed with an orange flush and overlying stripes. Develops a heavy bloom toward harvest.
characteristics: The flesh is white with some pale staining next to the skin. Somewhat firm, crisp and tender. Juicy, mildly acidic with a hint of strawberry. It keeps about a month in cold storage.
origins: Developed by Richard Wellington in 1909 at the New York State Agriculture Research Station in Geneva, New York State (U.S.A.) by crossing Yellow Transparent and McIntosh . Released in 1923.
cultivation: A hardy and vigorous, upright tree. Tends to produce crops every other year and the fruit-set needs to be thinned to maintain adequate fruit size. Drops fruit as it approaches ripeness.
progeny: Dunning, Alton, Shinsei, Beverly Hills.
harvest: Ready for harvest over a three week span starting early in the third period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 4
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