Stayman Winesap

Hardy American Multipurpose Apple

            [Acid-medium; Sugar-high; Tannin-low]

Eating, Culinary, Juice

Tart, Sweet

Physical Attributes:

• Shape: Medium, round-conical
• Skin: Greenish-yellow with deep red blush and russet coloured lenticels, bruises easily
• Flesh: Yellow, firm, crisp, fine-grained.

Flavour:

            An excellent mildly-tart, juicy, vinous flavour

History:

            1866 Joseph Stayman of Leavenworth County, Kansas, but more popular in Virginia

Growing Attributes:

• Precocity: Early
• Vigour: Quite vigorous, spreading
• Disease Tolerance: Above average
• Zone Hardiness: 5 (Map link)
• Pollination Group: IV (Chart) (Diploid, Self-Sterile)
• Cropping: Annual
• Picking Season: October
• Storage: 3-4 months
• Special Care: Fruit can crack in humid autumns

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