The 'Spartan' is an apple cultivar developed by R. C Palmer and introduced in 1936 from the Federal Agriculture Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia, now known as the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre - Summerland.[1] The 'Spartan' is notable for being the first new breed of apple produced from a formal scientific breeding program.[2] The apple was supposed to be a cross between two North American cultivars, the 'McIntosh' and the 'Newtown Pippin', but recently, genetic analysis showed the 'Newtown Pippin' was not one of the parents and its identity remains a mystery. The 'Spartan' apple is considered a good all-purpose apple.[3] The apple is of medium size and has a bright-red blush, but can have background patches of greens and yellows.[4]
| 'Spartan' | |
|---|---|
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| Genus | Malus |
| Species | Malus pumila |
| Hybrid parentage | 'McIntosh' × Unknown |
| Cultivar | 'Spartan' |
| Origin | Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, 1936 |
Disease susceptibility
edit- Scab: high[5]
- Powdery mildew: high
- Cedar apple rust: high
- Fire blight: medium
Sports and descendants
edit- 'Hunter Spartan', a tetraploid form of 'Spartan'
Gallery
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apple from Chernihiv (Ukraine), 2014 -
green - they grew in shadow -
Hunter spartan -
apples in a basket. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, 2018
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Summerland - History The 20s and 30s". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
- ^ "Spartan apple". Orange Pippin.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ "Spartan Apples". Science Canada. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ "Apple Trees". Galetta Nurseries. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
- ^ Stephen Miller of the USDA Fruit Research Lab in Kearneysville, West Virginia.
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