Jubilee apple is a modern
cultivar
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of dessert
apple
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, which was developed in the
Canadian
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province of
British Columbia
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by the
Summerland Research Station.
[Jubilee]
by Orange Pippin
It is a cross between two very popular apples, the
McIntosh and
Grimes Golden. The flavor is sweet, like its McIntosh parent it is crispy only while just picked. Skin is flushed red over greenish yellow.
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See also
* List of Canadian inventions and discoveries
* Ambrosia (apple)
* McIntosh (apple)
The McIntosh ( ), McIntosh Red, or colloquially the Mac, is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a Taste#Astringency, tart flavor, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. It is cons ...
* Spartan (apple)
* Delbard Jubilee
References
Apple cultivars
Canadian apples
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