Moira

Crop
Apple
Cultivar
Moira

Orig. by L.P.S. Spangelo, S.J. Leuty, and H.B. Heeney at Agr. Canada Res. Sta., Ottawa, and Smithfield Experimental Farm, Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Introd. in 1978. McIntosh × Dg 22-81 [Jonathan × (Rome Beauty × Malus floribunda 821 sib)]. Tested as Ottawa 548. <b>Fruit:</b> smaller than McIntosh, up to 76 mm in diam.; round conic; skin color medium lively red on light green to yellow ground color; prominent white lenticels; flesh creamy white, slightly tinged with green; crisp; moderately acid, processed fruit was rated fair for juice and poor for sauce and slices; harvest with Delicious; storage life 23 months at 2 °C, shorter than McIntosh. <b>Tree:</b> moderately vigorous, spreading; high yield efficiency; blooms two to three days after McIntosh; resistant to apple scab and cedar apple rust; susceptible to fire blight; fruit very susceptible to quince rust.