Genus Malus Higher classification Apple Cultivar 'Winter Banana' | Species M. domestica Rank Cultivar | |
Scientific name Malus domestica 'Winter Banana' Origin Cass County, Indiana, 1876, introduced 1890 Similar Apples, Bellflower apple, Esopus Spitzenburg, Melrose, Calville Blanc d'hiver |
'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.

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