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Red Statesman
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Australian variety 'Statesman'. Discovered in 1914 in New Zealand. Fruits have firm, pale creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid to acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Warrior
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1950 - 144
- Accession name
- Red Statesman
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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