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Merton Beauty
type: Dessert
identification: Medium size, round and often flattened, sometimes tending to conic. The base colour is yellow over which is a bright red wash and a pattern of black stripes. The calyx is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow and wide basin which can be lightly ribbed. The stem is short and slender, set in a deep and wide, russetted cavity with rays extending over the shoulder and onto the faces.
characteristics: The flesh is cream-coloured, fine-grained, crisp and melting. Juicy and sweet, with a distinct aniseed flavour.
uses: Dessert
origins: A cross of Ellison's Orange and Cox’s Orange Pippin developed in 1932 by M.B. Crane at the John Innes Horticultural Institute in Merton, Surrey (U.K.). Released in 1962.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs.
cold storage: Keeps two months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Somewhat susceptible to rust.
harvest: Produces heavy crops in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
brix: 13.5
hardiness: 5
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