Stark's Earliest
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered by Douglas Bonner at Orofino, Idaho, USA in 1938. Introduced in 1944. Fruits have crisp, fine-textured, white, fairly juicy flesh with a little sweet and fair flavour.
Synonyms:
Scarlet Pimpernel, Stark Earliest, Starks Allerfruhester
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
small-medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Conical 2
Height
51.00 mm 2
Width
51.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish green 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Russet
very low 2
Greasiness
Weak 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
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Accession No.
1951 - 033 cancel
Accession name
Stark's Earliest
Flowering time
26th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
9th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
early august 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register