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Starkspur McIntosh
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A bud mutation of McIntosh producing spur type tree growth. Discovered in 1968 by Bernie Gatzke in Oyama, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in Canada in 1970. Fruits have white, rather soft, fine-textured, very juicy flesh, with a sweet, pleasant vinous flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of McIntosh
Accession No.
1973 - 126
- Accession name
- Starkspur McIntosh
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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