Malus domestica 'Neipling Red Stayman'

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree.

Origin: in Waterford, N.J., by F.S. Neipling. Introd. in 1942 by Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, Princess Anne, Md. Bud mutation of Blaxtayman; discovered in 1934. Tree: growth and habits same as Stayman; generally open-spreading and symmetrical; strong scaffold branches bearing fruit mostly toward the outer one-half of tree with some fruit on the center part of tree. Fruit: skin colors 10 to 14 days earlier than parent and Stayman Winesap, bright, attractive; resembles Scarlet Staymared and Improved Blaxtayman 201; crop can be harvested at one picking.