Wellspur Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A sport of Starking having a more solid red flush. Discovered in 1952 by Lester Green and Clifford Nelson in the Azwell Orchard of the Wells and Wade Fruit Company, Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1958. Fruits have very firm, very sweet, juicy flesh with a highly aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Wellspur
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Delicious
Accession name
Wellspur (LA 73A)
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
small 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Ribbing
strong 1
Crown
strong-very strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish green 1
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 1
Over Colour
Dark Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush 1
Russet
absent 1
Firmness
soft-medium 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register