Red Horse
AppleRed Horse Apple
Origin and History
Received from Kentucky by A.J. Downing. Downing notes limited comparative experience with this variety: "We have had but little opportunity of comparing this with other varieties, and it may prove a variety known by another name."
Tree
Upright growth habit.
Fruit
Size and Form
Medium, oblate, with broad ribs.
Skin
Mostly covered with dark red, with obscure splashes and stripes. Pretty thickly sprinkled with light gray dots and nettings of russet.
Stem
Short.
Cavity
Large, irregular.
Calyx
Open.
Flesh and Flavor
Yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic. Quality: Very good.
Season
October to January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Red Horse. Received from Kentucky. Tree of upright growth. Fruit medium, oblate, with broad ribs, mostly covered with dark red, and obscure splashes and stripes, and pretty thickly sprinkled with light gray dots, and nettings of russet. Stalk short. Cavity large, irregular. Calyx open. Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic. Very good. October, January. We have had but little opportunity of comparing this with other varieties, and it may prove a variety known by another name.