Edgar Red Streak
Apple
Edgar Red Streak
Origin/History
Originated in the orchard of Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. The variety was grown in the West and Northwest for many years under the name Walbridge, its true name being unknown until the time of Downing's writing.
Tree
Very hardy, vigorous, upright at first, but spreading with age and weight of fruit. Very productive in alternate years, with 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
Size and Form: Medium, oblate, very slightly conic, regular.
Stem: Stalk rather short, small.
Cavity: Medium, sometimes with slight russet.
Calyx: Small, closed.
Basin: Small, slightly plaited.
Skin: Pale whitish yellow when fully mature, shaded with pale red in the sun, with narrow stripes and a few splashes of bright red over most of the surface where fully exposed.
Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid.
Core and Seeds: Core small or medium.
Season
January to May.
Uses
Valued for hardiness, productiveness, and late keeping in a cold climate rather than dessert quality.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture (Lowther, 1914) — description absent; variety present in variety-characteristic table.
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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............ L rob rs VG f W