Stark's Earliest
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered by Douglas Bonner at Orofino, Idaho, USA in 1938. Introduced in 1944. Fruits have crisp, fine-textured, white, fairly juicy flesh with a little sweet and fair flavour.
Synonyms:
Scarlet Pimpernel, Stark Earliest, Starks Allerfruhester
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
small-medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Conical b
Height
51.00 mm b
Width
51.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Whitish green b
Over Colour
Red b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Weak b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Accession name
Stark's Earliest (LA 68A)
Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
2nd May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early August a
Accession No.
1951 - 033 cancel
Accession name
Stark's Earliest
Flowering time
26th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
9th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
early august a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register