Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Melrose is an excellent winter apple for both fresh eating and cooking. Its large fruit has firm, juicy and mildly sharp flesh that becomes more aromatic after several weeks in storage. The apples are often at their best after Christmas and can keep until spring. The tree crops generously, although thinning helps improve fruit size and maintain more regular harvests.

Melrose

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Melrose is a Jonathan-style apple, with a sweet flavour and good storage life.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 6258 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with an attractive red-flushed skin.

Melrose is very similar to Jonathan, one of the best-flavoured American apples – and one of its parents. The other parent is Red Delicious, and its sweet flavour complements the sharper flavors of Jonathan well.

The apples store well – they can be kept for 3 months in a fridge, and the flavour is arguably at its best after a month or so of storage.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

American variety from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, selected in 1937 and introduced in 1944.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Jonathan × Stark Delicious / Red Delicious

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Medium vigour, spreading habit, good keeping quality, regular production

Disease behaviour

Scab

Very susceptible

Powdery mildew

Moderately susceptible

Canker

Moderately susceptible

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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Harvest calendar

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About 15 days later

November 1-15

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Additional variety information for Melrose is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.