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Apple varieties, United States

Blaxtayman

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

A sport of Stayman Winesap having a more even and solid flush. It was discovered in 1926 by J.H. Dickey in Wenatchee, Washington, USA and introduced in 1930 by C & O Nursery, Washington. Fruits have softish flesh with a sweet flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Blaxtayman United States, 1926
- Sport of Stayman United States, 1866
  - Seed parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Where Blaxtayman came from. The lines lead to its parents: Stayman (United States).

Sources

Blaxtayman (accession 1950 - 140), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.