Edgar Red Streak
Apple
Edgar Red Streak
Origin / History
Originated in the orchard of Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. Grown in the West and Northwest for many years under the name of Walbridge, its true name being unknown until lately (Downing).
Tree
Very hardy, vigorous, upright at first, spreading with age and weight of fruit. Very productive in alternate years, a light crop the intervening ones. Downing: "not of the best quality, but valuable for its hardiness, productiveness, and late keeping in a cold climate."
Fruit
Size: Medium (Downing); large (Lowther).
Form: Oblate, very slightly conic, regular (Downing); roundish oblate (Lowther).
Stem: Rather short, small.
Cavity: Medium, sometimes slight russet.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Small, slightly plaited.
Skin: Pale whitish yellow when fully mature, shaded with pale red in the sun; narrow stripes and a few splashes of bright red over most of the surface where fully exposed. Color striped or splashed with red (Lowther).
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy; mild subacid. Quality "very good" (Lowther).
Core and seeds: Core small or medium.
Season
January, May (Downing); keeps late in a cold climate. Winter (Lowther).
Uses
Family use (Lowther).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Edgar Red Streak.
Walbridge.
Origin, in the orchard of Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, this apple has been grown in the West and Northwest for many years under the name of Walbridge, its true name being unknown until lately.
Edgar Red Streak.
Tree very hardy, vigorous, upright at first, but spreading with age and weight of fruit; very productive alternate years, and a light crop the intervening ones; not of the best quality, but valuable for its hardiness, productiveness, and late keeping in a cold climate.
Fruit medium, oblate, very slightly conic, regular; skin pale whitish yellow when fully mature, shaded with pale red in the sun, narrow stripes and a few splashes of bright red over most of the surface where fully exposed; stalk rather short, small; cavity medium, sometimes slight russet; calyx small, closed; basin small, slightly plaited; flesh white, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid; core small or medium. January, May.
— Granville Lowther (ed.), Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (1914)Edgar Red Streak: size large; form roundish oblate; color striped or splashed (red); quality very good; use family; season winter.