State Fair
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1949 by W.H. Alderman at the University of Minnesota Horticulture Research Centre, Excelsior, USA. Fruits are crisp and juicy with an aromatic flavour. A very hardy variety, trees withstanding winter temperatures of minus 40
Synonyms:
Statefair
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Mantet x Oriole
Accession name
Statefair
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register