Red Hook
AppleRed Hook
Origin / History
Red Hook originated near Upper Red Hook, Dutchess county, N. Y., according to W. S. Teator, who furnished the fruit from which the description was made. The variety has been known in that locality as Red Ox or Striped Ox. The name Striped Ox has been applied to other varieties, so Teator proposed the name Red Hook for this apple. It is grown commercially to a limited extent in the vicinity of Red Hook.
Tree
The tree is large and low branching. It is an annual cropper, yielding heavy crops.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large to very large.
Form: Roundish to roundish conic, somewhat elliptical, symmetrical, sometimes faintly ribbed.
Stem: Short, thick to rather slender.
Cavity: Acuminate, deep, broad, gently furrowed, smooth or partly russeted.
Calyx: Medium to rather small, partly closed; lobes broad, obtuse to acute. Calyx tube elongated funnel-shape approaching conical. Stamens median.
Basin: Rather small, moderately deep, narrow to medium in width, abrupt.
Skin: Firm, smooth, bright, attractive, and tough. Ground color pale yellow, rather thinly mottled and blushed with lively red, and sparingly striped and splashed with bright carmine.
Dots: Rather small, numerous, whitish or with russet center.
Flesh and flavor: Firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, good. The fruit is quite free from the attacks of fungi.
Core and seeds: Core medium or below, axile or nearly so; cells pretty symmetrical, closed; core lines clasping the cylinder. Carpels broadly roundish. Seeds rather dark brown, medium size, irregular, obtuse.
Season
Late summer or early autumn. When overripe, the fruit becomes dry and worthless.
Uses
Good for culinary use. The fruit stands shipment well and is one of the earliest fruits of the Red Hook locality that can be shipped to Europe.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)RED HOOK.
This is a large, late summer or early autumn apple which is being grown commercially to a limited extent in the vicinity of Red Hook, Dutchess county, N. Y. W. S. Teator, of Upper Red Hook, who furnished us with the fruit from which the following description was made, states that the variety originated in his locality and has been known under the name of Red Ox or Striped Ox. As the name Striped Ox has been applied to other varieties he proposes the name Red Hook for this apple. The tree is large, low branching and an annual cropper yielding heavy crops. The fruit is firm, smooth, bright, attractive, quite free from the attacks of fungi and good for culinary use but when overripe it becomes dry and worthless. It stands shipment well and is one of the earliest fruits of that locality that can be shipped to Europe.
FRUIT. Fruit large to very large. Form roundish to roundish conic, somewhat elliptical, symmetrical, sometimes faintly ribbed. Stem short, thick to rather slender. Cavity acuminate, deep, broad, gently furrowed, smooth or partly russeted. Calyx medium to rather small, partly closed; lobes broad, obtuse to acute. Basin rather small, moderately deep, narrow to medium in width, abrupt. Skin tough, attractive pale yellow, rather thinly mottled and blushed with lively red, and sparingly striped and splashed with bright carmine. Dots rather small, numerous, whitish or with russet center. Calyx tube elongated funnel-shape approaching conical. Stamens median. Core medium or below, axile or nearly so; cells pretty symmetrical, closed; core lines clasping the cylinder. Carpels broadly roundish. Seeds rather dark brown, medium size, irregular, obtuse. Flesh firm, coarse, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, good. Season late summer or early autumn.