Stark EarliBlaze
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in 1949 at New Lennox, Illinois, USA by Worth B. Mooney. Introduced in 1957. Fruits have rather soft, coarse, yellow flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex, asymmetric b
Fruit Height
56-62 mm b
Fruit Width
59-69 mm b
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, slightly on body b
Ground Colour
dull yellowish green b
Over Colour
flushed and mottled brownish red, deep carmine streaks b
Russet Type
sometimes russet at base, light dots b
Flesh Colour
yellow b
Flesh Texture
rather soft, coarse b
Flavour
subacid b
Accession name
Stark Earliblaze
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Height
56.14 mm a
Width
62.66 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register