Ransom
AppleRansom
Origin / History
Ransom, also given in the source as Red Streak, is an old variety said to have originated in Columbia, Conn., on the Pinneo farm. It is not widely known, but is valued by those who cultivate it.
Tree
Tree moderately vigorous, upright, somewhat spreading. Bears abundantly on alternate years, with light crops intervening.
Fruit
Size: Fruit rather large.
Form: Roundish oblate, slightly angular.
Stem: Stalk short, small.
Cavity: Large, deep, often russeted, and sometimes extending out on the fruit.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, slightly corrugated.
Skin: Pale yellow ground, shaded, striped, splashed and mottled with light and dark red.
Dots: A few light and brown dots.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish white, half fine, tender, juicy. Pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic; very good.
Core and seeds: Core medium.
Season
Season September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Ransom or Red Streak
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Ransom or Red Streak.
An old variety, which is said to have originated in Columbia, Conn., on the Pinneo farm. It is not widely known, but is valued by those who cultivate it; tree moderately vigorous, upright, somewhat spreading, bears abundantly on alternate years, with light crops intervening.
Fruit rather large, roundish oblate, slightly angular; skin pale yellow, shaded, striped, splashed and mottled with light and dark red, with a few light and brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity large, deep, often russeted, and sometimes extending out on the fruit; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh yellowish white, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic; very good; core medium. Season September.