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Red Horse

Apple

Origin/History

Received from Kentucky. Downing notes limited opportunity for comparison with other varieties and suggests it may prove to be a variety known by another name.

Tree

Upright growth.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; oblate with broad ribs.

Color and Surface: 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. Very good.

Season

October to January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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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.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
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