Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner)
AppleRed Stettiner (Rother Stettiner)
Origin and History
Received from Russia. The name indicates German origin.
Tree
Not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation in northern regions.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated.
Skin: 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.
Flesh: Greenish white, firm, juicy, mild, vinous, sweet subacid, very good.
Core and Seeds: Core outline green, mostly open; cells small; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens median. Seeds plump, short, many imperfect.
Season
All winter.
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 — 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.