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Blaxtayman

syn. Black Stayman

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A sport of Stayman Winesap having a more even and solid flush. It was discovered in 1926 by J.H. Dickey in Wenatchee, Washington, USA and introduced in 1930 by C & O Nursery, Washington. Fruits have softish flesh with a sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
Over colour
almost entirely flushed carmine and dark red
Flesh colour
cream, tinged green
Flesh texture
soft
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Globose conical
Width
69.54 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
59.08 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Juiciness
dry
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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