Pomiferous
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Minnesota 396
type: Culinary, Dessert, Pie
synonyms: Released as Victory. There is another variety called Victory which originated in England during the first half of the 1900s. Please see Victory .
identification: Medium size, round, often lightly ribbed on the sides and around the crown. The base colour is pale yellow, washed deep red, almost purple on the sun-exposed faces. In areas of less intense sun, the faces are often a lighter red which is striped over the base colour. Some russeting radiates out from the stem cavity. Usually develops a waxy bloom as it ripens. Tough skinned. the stem is medium thick and very short. The calyx is partly open and small, set in a shallow basin. Closely resembles the McIntosh parent.
characteristics: The flesh is pale cream-coloured, fine-grained, soft and tender. Juicy, sweet, slightly tart and aromatic with strawberry flavours.
uses: Fresh eating and baking.
origins: Developed from an open-pollinated McIntosh by Charles Haralson at the Minnesota Agricultural Research Station in Excelsior, Minnesota (U.S.A.). Introduced in 1943.
cultivation: Vigorous, spreading tree.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the first half of the fifth period. The fruit holds well on the tree when ripe.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 5
Donate a cider?
©2016-2021 Pomiferous.com. All rights reserved