Stearns
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated with Stearns of North Syracuse, New York, USA. Distributed by Van Dusen of Geneva, New York. Recorded in 1900. Fruits have crisp, tender, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Esopus Spitzenburg x Unknown
Accession name
Stearns
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose 1
Height
78.48 mm 1
Width
96.10 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register