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Keeping Red Streak

Apple

Keeping Red Streak

Origin/History An English culinary sort.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate.

Skin: Yellowish, mostly striped with two shades of red; some russet and gray dots.

Flesh/Flavor: Greenish yellow, firm, brisk subacid.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season December, February. (Hogg.)

Uses Culinary.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

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Keeping Red Streak.

An English culinary sort.

Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish, mostly striped with two shades of red, some russet and gray dots. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, brisk subacid. December, February. (Hogg.)

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)