Starking

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A more highly coloured clone of Delicious. Discovered in 1921 by Lewis Mood at Monroeville, New Jersey, USA. Introduced in 1924. Fruits have firm, fine, yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.

Synonyms:
Delicios dublu rosu, Double Red Delicious, Prevoshodnoe dvoinoe, Red Delicious, Starking Delicious, Starking Duble Red Delicious

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Delicious

Mother to:
Cacanska Pozna

Father to:
Mandan
Jupiter
Hazen

Size
medium-large 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Ellipsoid 2

Height
67.00 mm 2

Width
69.50 mm 2

Ribbing
strong 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour
Dark Red 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2

Accession No.
1951 - 034   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Starking

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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