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Starkspur Golden Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A bud mutation of Golden Delicious producing spur type tree growth. Discovered by Philip J. Jenkins in Yakima, Washington, USA. Fruits have sweet, crisp, juicy flesh with a good flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Golden Delicious
- Father to:
- Jester
Accession No.
1979 - 189
- Accession name
- Starkspur Golden Delicious (EMLA 1)
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019