Red Australian

Origin and History

Red Australian was received by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland in 1952, imported from Denmark. The variety is recorded under PI No. 199689.

A separate accession was received directly from Oscar Hobelins of Norme Warren, Victoria, Australia in 1929 and was reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology at Geneva, New York. This Australian source identified Red Australian as a Gravenstein sport.

The variety was also maintained at the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station in Prosser, Washington, under Station No. AP-H-253.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Color and surface: Reported to be more red (80% of surface) than any other Gravenstein sports.

Season: September.

Quality: Very good quality.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Red Australian is classified as a Gravenstein sport.

Other

The variety was maintained at multiple U.S. research institutions: the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland; the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station at Prosser, Washington; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology at Geneva, New York.