Starkspur Golden Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A bud mutation of Golden Delicious producing spur type tree growth. Discovered by Philip J. Jenkins in Yakima, Washington, USA. Fruits have sweet, crisp, juicy flesh with a good flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Golden Delicious
Father to:
Jester
Type
Dessert 2
Accession name
Starkspur Golden Delicious (EMLA 1)
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register