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Red Seek-no-Farther

Apple

Red Seek-no-Farther

Origin / History

Origin unknown. From Pennsylvania.

Tree

Tree open, spreading. Good bearer.

Fruit

Size: Fruit medium.

Form: Fruit oblate.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Greenish yellow, splashed, striped, and shaded with red.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish green, crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid. Good.

Core and seeds: Core small.

Season

December, 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

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Red Seek-no-Farther. Origin unknown. From Pennsylvania. Tree open, spreading, good bearer. Fruit medium, oblate, greenish yellow, splashed, striped, and shaded with red. Flesh whitish green, crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid. Core small. Good. December, January.

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