Starking
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
Accession name
Starking
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register