The Spartan is an cultivated variety or
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
of apple developed by R. C Palmer and introduced in 1936 from the Federal Agriculture Research Station in
Summerland, British Columbia
Summerland is a district municipality on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The district is between Peachland to the north and Penticton to the south. The largest centre in the region is Kelowna, ap ...
, now known as the
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
The Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (previously known as the Dominion Experimental Farm at Summerland and Summerland Research Station) is an agricultural research centre in British Columbia, Canada. The centre has been historically important in ...
- Summerland. The Spartan is notable for being the first new breed of apple produced from a formal scientific breeding program. The apple was initially believed to be a cross between two North American cultivars, the
McIntosh and the
Newtown Pippin, but subsequent genetic analysis revealed that the Newtown Pippin was not one of the parents. The identity of this parent remains a mystery. The Spartan is considered a good all-purpose apple. The apple is of medium size and has a bright-red blush, but can have background patches of greens and yellows.
Disease susceptibility
*Scab: high
[Stephen Miller of the USDA Fruit Research Lab in Kearneysville, West Virginia.]
*Powdery mildew: high
*Cedar apple rust: high
*Fire blight: medium
Sports and descendants
* 'Hunter Spartan', a tetraploid form of 'Spartan'
Gallery
Спартан (сорт яблук) IMG 0468 02.JPG, apple from Chernihiv
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The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...
(Ukraine), 2014
Spartan Apple.jpg, green - they grew in shadow
File:Cross section of Hunter Spartan, National Fruit Collection (acc. 1974-062).jpg, Hunter spartan
Apples_in_basket_2018_G1.jpg, apples in a basket. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast
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History
Vinnytsia Oblast, first established on ...
, 2018
See also
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List of Canadian inventions and discoveries
Canadian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes, or techniques—invented, innovated, or discovered—that owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in Canada, a citizen of Canada, or a company or organization ...
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Ambrosia (apple)
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Jubilee apple
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McIntosh (apple)
The McIntosh ( ), McIntosh Red, or colloquially the Mac, is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a Taste#Astringency, tart flavor, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. It is cons ...
References
External links
UK National Fruit Collection
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Apple cultivars
Canadian apples