Tuttle Orchards Cultivar

Stark Supreme Staymared

In the early 70's, ROY TUTTLE, the founder of TUTTLE ORCHARDS, noticed something odd about one of his apple trees. One of the branches did not look like the rest of the tree. It was different. He watched it that year, all through the summer and fall. The apples turned out to be different, too. They were nicer, prettier, and they did not crack when the rest of the apples on the tree did.

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Roy, along with his grandson, Tom, continued to keep an eye on this mutation, to see what it would do. It continued to do just fine, so when the Stark Brothers representative came around, Grandpa Tuttle showed him. He was impressed, and the apple was patented and the right to grow the trees commercially sold to Stark Brothers, the oldest and largest nursery of it’s kind in the United States.

This apple is still grown today, here at the orchard. When you pick up a bag of Winesap apples, this is the apple you buy. We hope you enjoy it.

For more information on the Tuttle Cultivar,
including patent information:

United States Patent: Plant 4,060

Tuttle: June 14, 1977

Apple Tree--Mutation of Scarlet Staymared

Inventor: Roy Tuttle, Greenfield, Indiana

Assignee: Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Co., Louisiana, MO

Apple. No.: 690,388

Filed: May 27, 1976

Primary Examiner: Robert E. Bagwill

Abstract: The new and distinctive variety of apple tree is a mutation of the Scarlet Staymared apple tree. The apple of the new variety has a deeper overall red color, no scarf skin, and a smoother skin and much less tendency to crack.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:

This invention related to improvements in Apple Trees of the Staymared type.

The new variety which is a mutation of the Scarlet Staymared apple tree was found by me during 1964 while searching for highly colored fruit for exhibition among trees of the Scarlet Staymared variety growing on a farm in Hancock County, Indiana. I was attracted to the new variety because of the distinctive color of it’s fruit. Asexual reproduction of my discovery has been performed. This propagation shows that the unique combination of characteristics and distinctive color come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

From the
Stark Bro's catalogue:
A bright, crack resistant, Stayman Winesap

Stark®
Supreme Staymared

Stayman Winesap remains popular because of it's large size, tangy flavor and keeping quality. Other strains of Stayman, however, have one major drawback. They crack severely in many seasons reducing production to unacceptable levels.

Stark Supreme Staymared fruit exhibit far less cracking than any other Stayman-type to which we have compared it. In years that severe cracking had been experienced on other Stayman types, we have had reports of 99.5 percent crack-free apples from Stark Supreme Staymared trees, without the use of crack-controlling sprays.

Stark Supreme Staymared apples have a vibrant-red, smooth waxy finish and matures three to four weeks after Red Delicious. Its tart-tangy flavor, typical of other Stayman types, is a favorite with many consumers.

(Tuttle cultivar). Originated as mutation at the Roy Tuttle Orchard in Greenfield, IN.

"Stark Supreme Stamared (Tuttle cultivar) is the most beautiful smooth Stayman apple we have. The finish is outstanding, with no indication of cracking at all. There's no doubt that any future plantings of Staymans for us will be Stark Supreme Staymared."

Janet Knouse · Knouse Fruitlands
Arendtsville, Pennsylvania