Stevenson Wealthy
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A bud mutation of Wealthy producing larger fruit. Discovered in 1934 in Cayuga, New York, USA by J.R. Stevenson. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and faint vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Wealthy
Accession name
Stevenson Wealthy
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register