Idared
AppleIdared
Origin and History
Idared is a hybrid variety derived from Jonathan × Wagener parentage. The variety was received by the USDA Agricultural Research Service from the Agricultural Experiment Station in Moscow, Idaho. It was also received from Idaho in 1947 under USDA Plant Introduction number 157847 and distributed through the U.S. Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, Maryland. Additional accessions were obtained from Kimberley Nursery, Kimberley, Idaho (noted as resembling Wagener); from the New York State Fruit Test Association, Geneva, New York; and from Mt. Arbor Nursery, Shenandoah, Iowa, in 1949.
By 1963, Idared had been distributed to and was under evaluation at numerous state agricultural experiment stations across the United States, including facilities in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, Ohio, Washington, Maine, Missouri, and Wyoming.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large, round-oblate.
Skin: Mostly striped crimson. Described as attractive in appearance.
Flesh and Flavor: White, firm, subacid. Flavor quality rated as good.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Cavity, Calyx Basin, and Other Surface Features: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Season
Mid-October (harvest time).
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Station identification numbers: AP-H-83 and M-752 (primary accessions). An additional accession from Kimberley Nursery was assigned station number A5168. A further accession from the New York State Fruit Test Association was assigned station number 38.
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)Idared: received from AES, Moscow, Idaho. Jonathan X Wagener. Fruit medium to large, round-oblate, mostly striped crimson, attractive. Flesh white, firm, subacid, good. Mid-October. Station numbers AP-H-83 and M-752. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio; the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington; and the Moxee Quarantine Station, Moxee, Washington. Also received from Idaho in 1947 under USDA Plant Introduction number 157847; reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. Also received from Kimberley Nurs., Kimberley, Idaho; resembles Wagener; station number A5168; reported by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Also received from N. Y. St. Fruit Test. Assoc., Geneva, N.Y.; station number 38; reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Also received from Mt. Arbor Nurs., Shenandoah, Iowa, 1949; reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.