Malus domestica 'McIntosh-Pound'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Cultivation

Origin: in University Park, Pa., by C.E. Myers, Pennsylvania State Univ. Introd. in 1955 by the Converse Co. Nursery, Amherst, N.H. Pound × McIntosh; from crosses made in 1926 by students in a course (Advanced Plant Breeding) under the direction of Myers; seedlings from this cross were distributed. Tree: size medium; tends to be spreading; foliage heavy. Fruit: flattened, similar to Winesap; flesh very white, firm, subacid, juicy, flavor of Jonathan; ripens in mid-September.
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Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 27
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Synonyms

Malus domestica 'McIntosh-Pound'