Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner)
AppleRed Stettiner (Rother Stettiner)
Origin / History
Received from Russia. The name indicates German origin.
Tree
Not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north.
Fruit
Size: Medium, very regular.
Form: Round, somewhat truncated.
Stem: Very short, extremely fleshy.
Cavity: Wide, very shallow, acuminate, green, sometimes russeted.
Calyx: Closed or half open; segments very small. Tube long, funnel-shaped. Stamens median.
Basin: Very wide, regular, shallow.
Skin: Surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red.
Dots: White, rather large, scattered.
Flesh and flavor: Greenish white, firm, juicy, mild, vinous, sweet subacid, very good.
Core and seeds: Core outline green, mostly open; cells small. Seeds plump, short, many imperfect.
Season
All winter.
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 — listed as Red Stettiner
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Red Stettiner
View original book sources (1)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner)— Received from Russia, the name indicates German origin; tree not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north—Fruit medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated; surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red; dots white, rather large, scattered; cavity wide, very shallow, acuminate, green, sometimes russeted; stem very short, extremely fleshy; basin very wide, regular, shallow; calyx closed or half open: segments very small. Core outline green, mostly open; cells small; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds plump, short, many imperfect; flesh greenish white, firm, juicy, mild, vinous, sweet subacid, very good. All winter.