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Wijcik Spur McIntosh
type: Dessert
summary: A limb mutation of McIntosh with a pronounced columnar growth habit found by Tony Wijcik in 1963 growing in his orchard of McIntosh apples in East Kelowna, British Columbia. Grafts from the mutated limb produced trees that were compactly dwarfed, columnar in growth habit and grew fruit on spurs.
identification: The fruit is medium size, round flattened with moderately ribbed faces. The base colour is pale greenish yellow over which is a burgundy wash that covers three quarters of the surface, sometimes more. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow, funnel shaped basin which is surrounded by by a weakly knobbed crown. The stem is short and stout, set in a medium deep and funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is pale green, soft and distinctly Mac flavoured.
cultivation: A small, upright spreading tree with very short, robust branching and an abundance of heavy fruit spurs that produce an abundance of apples close to the trunk. Suitable for growing in pots.
notes: Peak flowering mirrors McIntosh (B7) and the fruit is ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 4
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