Spartan (apple)

'Spartan'
'Spartan'
Genus	Malus
Species	Malus pumila
Hybrid parentage	'McIntosh' × Unknown
Cultivar	'Spartan'
Origin	Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, 1936

The 'Spartan' is an apple cultivar developed by R. C Palmer and introduced in 1936 from the Federal Agriculture Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia, now known as the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre - Summerland.^[1] The 'Spartan' is notable for being the first new breed of apple produced from a formal scientific breeding program.^[2] The apple was supposed to be a cross between two North American cultivars, the 'McIntosh' and the 'Newtown Pippin', but recently, genetic analysis showed the 'Newtown Pippin' was not one of the parents and its identity remains a mystery. The 'Spartan' apple is considered a good all-purpose apple.^[3] The apple is of medium size and has a bright-red blush, but can have background patches of greens and yellows.^[4]

Disease susceptibility

Scab: high^[5]
Powdery mildew: high
Cedar apple rust: high
Fire blight: medium

Sports and descendants

'Hunter Spartan', a tetraploid form of 'Spartan'

Gallery

apple from Chernihiv (Ukraine), 2014
green - they grew in shadow
Hunter spartan
apples in a basket. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, 2018

References

^ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Summerland - History The 20s and 30s". Retrieved March 13, 2007.
^ Orange Pippin. "Spartan apple". Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
^ Science Canada. "Spartan Apples". Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Galetta Nurseries. "Apple Trees". Retrieved March 14, 2007.
^ Stephen Miller of the USDA Fruit Research Lab in Kearneysville, West Virginia.

External links

National Fruit Collection page

[1] Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Summerland - History The 20s and 30s". Retrieved March 13, 2007.

[2] Orange Pippin. "Spartan apple". Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

[3] Science Canada. "Spartan Apples". Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] Galetta Nurseries. "Apple Trees". Retrieved March 14, 2007.

[5] Stephen Miller of the USDA Fruit Research Lab in Kearneysville, West Virginia.