Starkspur McIntosh
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A bud mutation of McIntosh producing spur type tree growth. Discovered in 1968 by Bernie Gatzke in Oyama, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in Canada in 1970. Fruits have white, rather soft, fine-textured, very juicy flesh, with a sweet, pleasant vinous flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Starkspur McIntosh Canada, 1968
- Sport of McIntosh Canada, 1811
Sources
- Starkspur McIntosh (accession 1973 - 126), 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 september).
