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York-a-Red

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A more highly coloured sport of York Imperial. Discovered in 1931 at Hedgesville, West Virginia, U.S.A. by Paul Lingamfelter. Introduced in 1937 by Stark Bros. Nurseries. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellowish flesh with a subacid to sweetish, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Type
Dessert

Source · National Fruit Collection

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