Spartan

• Strains:

• Parentage: McIntosh x Newton Pippin

• Tree vigor: Vigorous

• Bloom: Midseason

• Fruit

  • Size: Small
  • Skin color: Dark red, almost mahogany
  • Flesh color: White
  • Shape: Uses: Dessert

• Harvest date: Mid Oct (120 -130 DAFB)

• Storage: Does well in storage, ships better than McIntosh

• Advantages: Flesh crisp, firmer than McIntosh, precocious

• *Disadvantages: Susceptible to pre-mature drop, susceptible to scab, powdery mildew, and CAR; moderately resistant to fireblight; a more dwarfing rootstock recommended to increase size; difficult to thin

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