Melba (apple)
| Melba (apple) | |
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| Synonyms | Red Melba, Melred |
| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Ottawa, Canada |
| breeder | Central Experiment Farm |
| Breeding year | 1898 |
| Launch | 1909 |
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Melba is a cultivar of the cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ). Melba is difficult to transport and difficult to grow in the European climate, but because of its taste it is still widely used commercially, especially in North America. The Red Melba and Meldred variants are also widespread.
description
The basic color of the apple is pale yellow, almost white. There is a pink stripe on one to three quarters of the surface. The pulp is firm and white, fine-celled and moderately juicy. The apple is round. The aroma is reminiscent of wine.
Cultivation
Melba tends to alternate strongly .
In North America and Europe, Melba is ripe in early to mid-August. The apple is very sensitive to transport and can only be kept for a short time until mid-September.
history
Melba needs warm summers, but is frost-resistant.
Melba was created in 1898 from a series of experiments at the Central Experiment Farm in Ottawa , Canada. He's descended from a wildly faded McIntosh . It was launched on the market in 1909. It is named after the singer Nellie Melba . In 1937, fruit growers in Canada found a mutant of Melba with a stronger red color, which they brought to the market as Melred. In 1940 the Red Melba variant came onto the market.
Melba was grown in the Altes Land until the 1970s. The apple variety Jamba was bred from Melba and James Grieve at the Jork research institute in the Altes Land , and it is now one of the most common early apples in Germany.