Starking Delicious

Description

Harvest: Mid
Description: Spur bearer, medium to large sized ellipsoid shaped fruit
Skin: Dark red on yellow background
Flesh: Creamy yellow
Vigour: V2
Flowering Group: 4
Pollination: Granny Smith, Jonathan and Bonza
Taste: Firm and fine flesh with a sweet flavour
Storage: Keep very well
Uses: Eating
Background: A more highly coloured clone of Delicious. Discovered in 1921 by Lewis Mood at Monroeville, New Jersey, USA. Introduced in 1924. Susceptible to scab and woolly aphid, some resistance to powdery mildew

Product Type	Scion, Tree
Origin	USA
Product Year	1921
Harvest	M
Uses	Eating
Vigour	V2
Flowering Group	4
Tip or Spur	Spur
Description	medium to large sized ellipsoid shaped fruit. Skin – dark red on yellow background. Flesh – creamy yellow. Vigour: V2Flowering group: 4Pollination: Granny Smith, New Jersey, some resistance to powdery mildew., Starking Red DeliciousHarvest: Mid Description: Spur bearer, USA. Introduced in 1924. Susceptible to scab and woolly aphid