Spartan (apple)

Spartan (apple)

The Spartan apple is an apple cultivar developed by Dr. R.C Palmer in 1926 at the Canadian Apple Research Station in Summerland, British Columbia, now known as the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre - Summerland. [cite web | last = Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | title = Summerland - History "The 20s and 30s" | url=http://res2.agr.ca/parc-crapac/summerland/history/history2_e.htm | accessdate = March 13 | accessyear = 2007 ] The Spartan is notable for being the first new breed of apple produced from a formal scientific breeding program. [cite web | last = Orange Pippin | title = Spartan apple | url=http://www.orangepippin.com/spartan.htm | accessdate = March 13 | accessyear = 2007 ] The apple was supposed to be a cross between two North American varieties, the McIntosh and the Newtown Pippin, but recently, it was discovered through genetic analysis that it didn't have the Newtown Pippin as one of the parents and its identity remains a mystery. The Spartan apple is considered a good all-purpose apple. [cite web | last = Science Canada
title = Spartan Apples
url=http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=D5228B4B-1
accessdate = Dec 21
accessyear = 2007 ] The apple is of medium size and has a bright red blush, but can have background patches of greens and yellows. [cite web
last = Galetta Nurseries
title = Apple Trees
url=http://www3.sympatico.ca/galetta/tables/apple.html
accessdate = March 14
accessyear = 2007 ]

ee also

* List of apple cultivars
* Nutritional information about the apple

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