Description
- Harvest: Mid
- Description: Spur bearer, small sized round, ovate shaped fruit
- Skin: Red (sometimes striped) on a background of pale red and green
- Flesh: Very white (usually with pink flecks)
- Vigour: V2
- Flowering Group: 2
- Taste: Crisp and juicy flesh and slightly aromatic
- Uses: Eating
- Background: Also known as Lady in the Snow, Pomme de neige, Fameuse, Chimney Apple and about 20 other names which reflects its popularity and how widely distributed this variety is. Originated around 1730 in Quebec, Canada, may have been raised from seed brought from France by early settlers. An offspring of Mc Intosh. The small size makes it a great apple for lunches