Bradford (Kentucky Redstreak)

Apple

Bradford (Kentucky Redstreak)

Origin and History

Origin obscure; supposed to be from Tennessee.

Tree

Upright, vigorous, and productive annually.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish, slightly conic.

Stem: Medium.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Greenish yellow, shaded with dull purplish red, and indistinctly splashed and striped. Dots numerous, large, and light with gray centres; sometimes the number of dots gives the appearance almost as if mottled.

Core: Small.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, tender, juicy, mild subacid; good to very good.

Seeds: Not described in source.

Season and Storage

December to March.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes or Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Budd & Hansen, Systematic Pomology (1914)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901 — listed as Bradford
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Bradford

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Bradford (Kentucky Redstreak).—Origin obscure; supposed to be Tennessee; tree upright, vigorous, and productive annually.

Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conic; surface greenish yellow, shaded with dull purplish red, and indistinctly splashed and striped; dots numerous, large, light, having gray centres, sometimes the number of dots give appearance almost as if mottled; stem medium, calyx closed. Core small; flesh whitish, tender, juicy mild subacid, good to very good. December to March.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Kentucky Redstreak