Spencer
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1926 by R.C.Palmer at the Dominion Experiment Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1959. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet, pleasant and slightly vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Golden Delicious
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Ellipsoid 2
Height
65.00 mm 2
Width
69.50 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Spencer
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register