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Starkrimson apple

Crisp, dense flesh, very sweet, quite juicy - a Delicious-style apple

Starkrimson photo tape
Last updated 10 Jun 2010.

Summary

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • 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.

Growing

  • Flowering period: Mid-Late season
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Triploid: No

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06 Nov 2009 DanIOWA CITY, IOWA, United States
I believe the "Starkrimson" Delicious was introduced by Stark Brothers Nursery in 1893-1894. The original "Delicious"(Hawkeye)apple seedling appeared near here about 1870.

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The following Starkrimson trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.

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Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2011 season

  • 23rd April  2011  - tree owned by Arwadoo in SRINAGAR, India

2010 season

  • 30th September  2010  - tree owned by Marinus in MOUNT EVELYN, Australia
  • 28th March  2010  - tree owned by Arwadoo in SRINAGAR, India

2009 season

  • 30th September  2009  - tree owned by Marinus in MOUNT EVELYN, Australia

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2011 season

    2010 season

      2009 season

      • April  2009  - tree owned by Marinus in MOUNT EVELYN, Australia

Where to buy apples

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