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Apple varieties, United States

Yellospur

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

A spur type clone of Golden Delicious. Discovered in 1959 by O. Thornton and R. Thompson, Oroville, Washington, U.S.A. Introduced in 1962. Fruits are fairly crisp and juicy with a good flavour.

Family tree

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

Yellospur United States, 1959
- Sport of Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Where Yellospur came from. The lines lead to its parents: Grimes Golden (United States).

Sources

Yellospur (accession 1970 - 038), 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 (late october); the other names.