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Apple varieties, United States

Stearns

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

Originated with Stearns of North Syracuse, New York, USA. Distributed by Van Dusen of Geneva, New York. Recorded in 1900. Fruits have crisp, tender, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Stearns United States, by 1900
- Seed parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
    - Parent Reinette de Saintonge

Where Stearns came from. The lines lead to its parents: Esopus Spitzenburg (United States).

Sources

Stearns (accession 1952 - 122), 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).