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Spartan
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1926 by R.C.Palmer at the Dominion Experiment Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a refreshing vinous flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- McIntosh x Yellow Newtown Pippin
- Mother to:
- Nova Easygro
- Sports:
- Hunter Spartan
Accession No.
1974 - 351
- Accession name
- Spartan (LA)
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 62.99 mm 1
- Width
- 70.94 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019