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Dark Red Staymared
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. A more highly coloured sport of Stayman's Winesap. It originated with B.C. Moomaw Jr., in Barber County, Virginia, USA. It was introduced in 1927. Fruits are juicy with a light aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Dark-red Staymared
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Stayman's Winesap
Accession No.
1950 - 141
- Accession name
- Dark Red Staymared
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019