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'Winter Banana'
Genus	Malus
Species	M. domestica
Cultivar	'Winter Banana'
Origin	Cass County, Indiana, 1876, introduced 1890

'Winter Banana' is an apple cultivar with high-quality fruit used for fresh eating. The fruit is large, with smooth yellow skin that shows bruises more than red apples do. The flesh is rather coarse textured, moderately soft, sweet and aromatic. Sugar 12.5%, acid 7g/litre, vitamin C 12mg/100g. Pectine 0.52-0.73%. Typical size height 78 mm, width 74 mm, stalk 16 mm.

References

1. ^ Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Winter Banana", The apples of New York, vol. 1, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 377–378
2. ^ "Winter Banana", National Fruit Collection, University of Reading and Brogdale Collections, retrieved 18 October 2015
3. Obst und Garten 10/2020
4. Pomologia Republicii Populare Romine, 1964
5. Beach, The Apples of New York, 1905
6. Stark Nurseries, catalog, 1917

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