Starking
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Delicious. Discovered in 1921 by Lewis Mood at Monroeville, New Jersey, USA. Introduced in 1924. Fruits have firm, fine, yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.
Synonyms:
Delicios dublu rosu, Double Red Delicious, Prevoshodnoe dvoinoe, Red Delicious, Starking Delicious, Starking Duble Red Delicious
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Delicious
Mother to:
Cacanska Pozna
Father to:
Mandan
Jupiter
Hazen
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Ellipsoid b
Height
67.00 mm b
Width
69.50 mm b
Ribbing
strong b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Dark Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Yellowish b
Accession name
Starking
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register