Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apple

Variety/Cultivar

Menagerie, Mere de Menage

Fruit Description

Fruits are large, flattened, firm, red with a greenish stripe over a whitish yellow background colour, can russet. They're rather coarse-textured and can have dry flesh with an acid flavour.

Common Uses

Origin

A true heritage variety known from the late 1700s.

Pollination

Triploid, therefore cannot donate its pollen and needs to be planted with two other diploid varieties, such as Cox, Akane, Bonza, Crofton, Delicious, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Lady Williams, Jonathan, Sturmer Pippin.

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

Harvest Time

Late harvest (early late March to early April in Harcourt).

Production Notes

Vigorous trees. Fruit can store for a month or so.

Disease Susceptibility

Images

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