Red Van Buren

Origin and History

Red Van Buren is a red sport of Duchess. The variety was introduced commercially in 1937, with material from the New York Fruit Testing Association, Geneva, New York documented as a red sport of Duchess bearing attractive, solid red fruit color at that time.

The variety has been maintained at multiple U.S. agricultural institutions. An accession (station number A48364) was received from Andrews Nursery Company, Faribault, Minnesota and reported by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Accessions from the New York Fruit Testing Association, Geneva, New York were reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York and by the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan. An accession received from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa was maintained there. A Van Buren accession bearing USDA Plant Introduction number N4339, received from F. L. Block, Ortonville, Minnesota, was reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The variety is recorded under the name Van Buren as well as Red Van Buren.

Fruit

Color and appearance: Attractive, solid red fruit color.

Other characteristics: Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.