Stevenson Wealthy
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A bud mutation of Wealthy producing larger fruit. Discovered in 1934 in Cayuga, New York, USA by J.R. Stevenson. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and faint vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Wealthy
Accession name
Stevenson Wealthy
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.