Melrose (apple)

'Melrose' apple
'Melrose' apple
Species	Malus domestica
Hybrid parentage	Jonathan x Red Delicious
Origin	USA, Ohio

Melrose is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple which was developed by Freeman S. Howlett, William J. Eyssen and their team at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Ohio, United States,^[1] and is regarded as the unofficial apple of that state.^[2]

This apple was released by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster, Ohio^[2] during World War II^[3] and was obtained from a cross between the Jonathan and the Red Delicious apples. The result is flattened large fruit, which is streaked and flushed with dark red over a background of yellowish-green skin, with spots of russet. The flesh is creamy white, of firm and coarse texture, and juicy. The flavor is mildly acidic,^[2] similar to Jonathan, but not as tart.^[3]

It comes into season at the beginning of October.^[where?]^[3] Cold storage 1-2^oC 100 days(180 days CA with scrubber).^[4]

References

^ National Fruit Collection page
^ ^a ^b ^c Melrose at Orange Pippin
^ ^a ^b ^c Eat Like No One Else
^ Osterloh, Lagerung von Obst und Südfrüchten, 1996

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[1] National Fruit Collection page

[pip-2] Melrose at Orange Pippin

[eat-3] Eat Like No One Else

[4] Osterloh, Lagerung von Obst und Südfrüchten, 1996

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