Kirby Red

Apple

Kirby Red

Origin and History

Kirby Red was documented in the USDA Agricultural Research Service collection as of 1963. Two accessions were maintained: one (AP-H-85) received from R. L. Klackle of Lafayette, Indiana, and a second (AP-H-186) sourced from Ilgenfritz Nursery of Monroe, Michigan. The variety was held at the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station in Prosser, Washington.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Two accessions were documented in the USDA survey:

AP-H-85 (received from R. L. Klackle, Lafayette, Indiana)
AP-H-186 (received from Ilgenfritz Nursery, Monroe, Michigan)

Other

No descriptive comments were reported for either accession in the 1963 USDA survey.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Fisher, A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)

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Kirby Red is held by the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington. One accession, bearing station number AP-H-85, was received from R. L. Klackle, Lafayette, Indiana. A second accession, bearing station number AP-H-186, was received from Ilgenfritz Nursery, Monroe, Michigan. No descriptive comments were reported for either accession.

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)