Spartan
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 5 accessions
Raised in 1926 by R.C.Palmer at the Dominion Experiment Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a refreshing vinous flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1964-076 · Spartan (compact) (10C-6-43-l)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1965-040 · Spartan 4n (Sweden)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1967-080 · Spartan 4n (Scotland)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Accession 1974-252 · Spartan 4n No.3
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed base to apex
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular to conic, convex, sometimes asymmetric
- Fruit width
- 71 mm
- Over colour
- almost completely flushed deep purplish red with indistinct stripes
- Flesh colour
- very white
- Fruit height
- 63 mm
- Skin texture
- bloom, thick
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp, fine
- Ground colour
- yellow
Accession 1974-351 · Spartan (LA)
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 70.94 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 62.99 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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