Ingrid Marie is an
apple
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cultivar
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.
It was cultivated by accident around 1910 on the premises of a school in
Høed on the island of
Funen
Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...
in Denmark. It is a cross of the two English cultivars
Cox's Orange Pippin and
Cox's Pomona.
The apple has a red, firm skin and the color continues into the flesh underneath the skin.
'Ingrid Marie' trees grow very well in a moderate warm and humid climate.
Descendant cultivars
* '
Elstar' ('
Golden Delicious' × 'Ingrid Marie')
National Fruit Collection page
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* Aroma (Ingrid Marie x Filippa)
References
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Food and drink introduced in 1910
Apple cultivars
Danish apples