DCHP-2

Spartan DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Food, Agriculture, often used in Spartan apple

  a firm red apple (see Image 1).

  Type: 1. Origin — The Spartan apple was developed in 1936 by R.C. Palmer in Summerland, BC, as part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's apple breeding program. The apple was mistakenly thought to be a cross between a McIntosh and a Newton (see, e.g. the 1972 quotation). Genetic tests have shown that the apple is of unknown parentage. The Spartan remains popular, and is the third most widely grown apple variety in British Columbia at present (2013) (see Science Canada reference). Internet domain searches indicate that the term is most prevalent in Canada (see Chart 1).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Spartan"(2), which is marked "esp. Cdn".

  See also: McIntosh  McIntosh Red (apple)