Stark EarliBlaze
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in 1949 at New Lennox, Illinois, USA by Worth B. Mooney. Introduced in 1957. Fruits have rather soft, coarse, yellow flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Stark Earliblaze
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
56.14 mm 1
Width
62.66 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register