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the apple that refuses to brown, perfect for people who slice slowly
means A crisp, sweet-tart variety of apple with snow-white flesh that resists browning after slicing, making it a favorite for salads and fruit plates.
from Named for Cortland County in New York, where it was bred at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva around the early 20th century — a cross of McIntosh and Ben Davis apples. The county itself takes its name from the Van Cortlandt family, prominent Dutch landholders in colonial New York, so this very American apple carries an old Dutch surname in its core.
- origin
- Bred in New York, 1898, named for a county
- slow browning
- Resists oxidation longer than most apples
- parentage
- Cross of Ben Davis and McIntosh apples
- snow white
- Flesh stays pale, ideal for salads and platters
cortland apple — cultivar created at suny cortland experimental farm, new york, 1915
cortland state university — suny cortland in cortland, new york, founded 1868