Red Horse
AppleRed Horse
Origin / History
Received from Kentucky, as recorded in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900). The author had little opportunity to compare this variety with others and states that it may prove to be known by another name.
Tree
Tree of upright growth.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate, with broad ribs.
Stem: Stalk short.
Cavity: Large, irregular.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Mostly covered with dark red, with obscure splashes and stripes, and nettings of russet.
Dots: Pretty thickly sprinkled with light gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic. Very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October, January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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.