- MACOUN: This is frequently favored as the best tasting apple. The Macoun is a medium sized variety with green flesh layered over with deep red. This variety contains a range of complex flavors such as strawberry and differing spices. Unfortunately, these apples don’t store well for long – so be sure to grab them while you can!
- Harvest: Late September
- Parentage: McIntosh x Jersey Black
- Origin: Macoun’s are an American icon. Once known as the “Black Apple” the Macoun was commercially released in 1923. This apple was originally created at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in 1909. It was named after Canadian pomologist William Tyrell Macoun.
