Scarlet Staymared
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An earlier colouring sport of Stayman's Winesap. Originated in 1930 with J.H.Dickey in Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Stayman's Winesap
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
50-62 mm b
Fruit Width
58-66 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye, sometimes slightly on body b
Ground Colour
yellowish green b
Over Colour
flushed reddish orange deep carmine streaks b
Russet Type
sometimes russet at base b
Flesh Colour
yellowish white b
Flesh Texture
firm b
Flavour
subacid, slightly sweet b
Accession name
Scarlet Staymared
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Oblong a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Firmness
firm a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register