Ingrid Marie is an

apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

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. It was cultivated by accident around 1910 on the premises of a school in Høed on the island of

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in Denmark. It is a cross of the two English cultivars

Cox's Orange Pippin Cox's Orange Pippin, in Britain often referred to simply as Cox, is an apple cultivar first grown in 1825 or 1830 at Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire, England, by the retired brewer and horticulturist Richard Cox (horticulturist), Richard Cox. Thoug ...

and Cox's Pomona. The apple has a red, firm skin and the color continues into the flesh underneath the skin. 'Ingrid Marie' trees grow very well in a moderate warm and humid climate.

Descendant cultivars

* ' Elstar' ('

Golden Delicious Golden Delicious is a cultivar of apple. It is one of the 15 most popular apple cultivars in the United States. It is not closely related to Red Delicious. History Golden Delicious arose from a chance seedling, possibly a hybrid of Grimes ...

' × 'Ingrid Marie') National Fruit Collection page
/ref> * Aroma (Ingrid Marie x Filippa)

References

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