State Fair
syn. Statefair
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1949 by W.H. Alderman at the University of Minnesota Horticulture Research Centre, Excelsior, USA. Fruits are crisp and juicy with an aromatic flavour. A very hardy variety, trees withstanding winter temperatures of minus 40
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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