Star of Devon
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by J. Garland, Broadclyst, Devon. Introduced by George Pyne, Topsham. Recorded in 1905 in which year it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a rather acid and faint aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Father to:
Cheddar Cross
Plymouth Cross
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
48.00 mm 2
Width
64.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Greasiness
Weak 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Star of Devon
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register