The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Scarlet Staymared

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

An earlier colouring sport of Stayman’s Winesap. Originated in 1930 with J.H.Dickey in Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.

Family tree

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

  • Scarlet Staymared United States, 1930
    • Sport of Stayman United States, 1866
      • Seed parent Winesap United States, by 1817
Stayman Scarlet Staymared
Where Scarlet Staymared came from. The lines lead to its parents: Stayman (United States).

Sources

  1. Scarlet Staymared (accession 1952 - 041), 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).