Starkrimson apple
Malus domestica
Crisp, dense flesh, very sweet, quite juicy - a Delicious-style apple
Last updated
10 Jun 2010 by
Orange Pippin.
Summary
- Parentage: A sport of Starking, itself a sport of Delicious
- Origin: United States
- Introduced: 1870
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 117500
- Some historical details taken with kind permission from 'The New Book of Apples' by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards , illustrated by Elisabeth Dowle, published by Ebury Press, 2002.
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