McMahon
- From
- Richland County
- Description
- This variety originated about 1860 in Richland county, Wis., and is supposed to be a seedling of the Alexander.
- Flesh quality
- nearly fine, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, fair to good.
- Flesh color
- white
- Skin color
- green-yellow, striped, carmine striped, white, carmine blushed
- Sizes
- very large, large
- Shape
- conical, round, ribbed
- Keeping quality
- Readily shows bruises
- General quality
- It is less desirable than standard kinds of its season for growing commercially in New York because it is only moderately attractive in general appearance, its color is such that it readily shows bruises and it does not rank high either in flavor or quality.
- Eating season starts in
- October
- Eating season ends in
- February
- Also known as
- McMahan
- McMahan White
- McMahon
- McMahon White
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 2 (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905), 136.