Spartan (apple)

Apple cultivar

'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

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

## Sports and descendants

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

## Gallery

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* apple from Chernihiv (Ukraine), 2014

* green - they grew in shadow

* Hunter spartan

* apples in a basket. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, 2018

## See also

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* List of Canadian inventions and discoveries
* Ambrosia (apple)
* Jubilee apple
* McIntosh (apple)

## References

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1. ^ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Summerland - History The 20s and 30s". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2007.
2. ^ "Spartan apple". Orange Pippin.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
3. ^ "Spartan Apples". Science Canada. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
4. ^ "Apple Trees". Galetta Nurseries. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
5. ^ Stephen Miller of the USDA Fruit Research Lab in Kearneysville, West Virginia.

## External links

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