Keeping Red Streak
AppleKeeping 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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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)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.)