Magog Red Streak
AppleMagog Red Streak
Origin and History
Raised from seed by William Warren of Newport, Vermont. The variety is valued particularly for its extreme hardiness, vigor, productiveness, and long keeping quality.
Tree
Very hardy, thrifty, and vigorous. Growth habit upright with a spreading head. Bears every year, with notably large crops in even-numbered years.
Fruit
Form and Size: Medium or nearly so; roundish inclining to oblong.
Skin: Light yellow, shaded and faintly striped and splashed with light red over half the fruit.
Stem: Short, small.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild subacid.
Core: Medium.
Season and Storage
December through March — indicating a late-maturing variety with extended keeping quality.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Magog Red Streak.
Raised from seed by William Warren, Newport, Vermont; tree very hardy, thrifty and vigorous, an upright spreading head; bears every year, but large crops in even years; valued for its extreme hardiness, vigor, productiveness, and long keeping.
Fruit medium or nearly so, roundish inclining to oblong; skin light yellow, shaded and faintly striped and splashed with light red over half the fruit; stalk short, small; calyx closed; basin medium, corrugated; flesh yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild subacid; core medium. December, March.