Spencer
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1926 by R.C.Palmer at the Dominion Experiment Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1959. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet, pleasant and slightly vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Golden Delicious
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Ellipsoid b
Height
65.00 mm b
Width
69.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
low b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Spencer
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register