Oregon Spur
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A clone of Red Delicious having more colour. Originated in Milton-Freewater, Ore, USA by Wayne M. Trumbull. Introduced in about 1966. Fruits have firm, very sweet, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 27th April (10%) · 3rd May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- absent
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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