Connell Red
AppleConnell Red
Origin and History
Connell Red is a red sport of Fireside. The variety was distributed in the United States during the mid-twentieth century through multiple nurseries, including Farmers Seed & Nursery Company (Faribault, Minnesota), Summit Nursery (Stillwater, Minnesota), Connell, Schneider & Connell (Menominee, Wisconsin), Kelly Bros. (Danville, New York), Gurney Seed & Nursery Company (Yankton, South Dakota), Mt. Arbor Nursery (Shenandoah, Iowa), and Rich & Sons Nursery. By 1963, it had been received and evaluated at multiple agricultural research stations across the United States, including facilities in North Dakota, Washington, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Missouri, Oregon, and Minnesota.
Fruit
Size: Very large.
Skin color: Red.
Flavor and quality: Excellent dessert quality.
Storage: Stores well until April or May.
Tree Characteristics
Hardiness: Very hardy.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Dessert.
Other
The variety was evaluated under station number AP-H-159 at the Irrigation Experiment Station in Prosser, Washington, and under station number 29 at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (received in 1961). The Oregon State University evaluation received the variety in 1956.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Connell Red is a red sport of Fireside. The Northern Great Plains Field Station, Box 203, Mandan, North Dakota received this variety from Farmers Seed & Nurs. Co., Faribault, Minn. The fruit is very large, of excellent dessert quality. Skin color is red; it stores well until Apr. or May. Very hardy. The Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington received this variety from Summit Nurs., Stillwater, Minn., under station number AP-H-159. The Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan and the Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin received this variety from Connell, Schneider & Connell, Menominee, Wisconsin. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania received this variety from Kelly Bros., Danville, N. Y. The Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota received this variety from Gurney Seed & Nur. Co., Yankton, S. D. The Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri received this variety from Mt. Arbor Nurs., Shenandoah, Ia. in 1961, under station number 29. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon received this variety from Rich & Sons Nurs. in 1956. Also reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota.