Starkspur McIntosh
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A bud mutation of McIntosh producing spur type tree growth. Discovered in 1968 by Bernie Gatzke in Oyama, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in Canada in 1970. Fruits have white, rather soft, fine-textured, very juicy flesh, with a sweet, pleasant vinous flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Over colour
- Dark Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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