Hunter Spartan
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A tetraploid form of Spartan. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a refreshing vinous flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Dark Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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