Early Red Streak
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Early Red Streak
Origin/History
The origin is variously claimed, but all unknown. Downing notes uncertainty about the true bearer of the name: "There are a number of distinct apples under the name of Early Red, or Early Red Streak, and we have been unable to decide perfectly as to which the name truly belongs."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Size Medium, roundish.
Skin Yellowish, mostly covered with red, marbled and splashed.
Flesh White, tender, juicy, crisp, subacid.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core, and Seeds Not described in source.
Season
August, September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Downing notes significant confusion within the "Early Red" group: a variety under the name Philadelphia Queen is similar to Early Red Streak and may be identical. Fall Stripe may also prove identical with one of the Early Red varieties. None of the distinct apples known under these related names "are more than moderately good."
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1904) from Illinois
- Phoenix Nursery Company (W. E. Rossney , President; Sidney Tuttle, Vice-President), Bloomington , Illinois — 1904
View original book sources (1)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Early Red Streak.
Fruit medium, roundish, yellowish, mostly covered with red, marbled and splashed. Flesh white, tender, juicy, crisp, subacid. August, September.
There are a number of distinct apples under the name of Early Red, or Early Red Streak, and we have been unable to decide perfectly as to which the name truly belongs. None of them, however, are more than moderately good. One, under name of Philadelphia Queen, is also similar to Early Red, and may be the same. The origin is variously claimed, but all unknown.
Fall Stripe may also prove identical with one of the above.