Red Wine
AppleRed Wine
Origin / History
From Russia; of the Lowland Raspberry type (Hansen, 1902). Hansen lists it as No. 343, Rother Weinapfel, and adds: "this suggests German origin." Beach (1905) states that, so far as known, the variety had not been tested in New York.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish oblate, irregular, sides often bulging.
Stem: Medium.
Cavity: Regular, narrow, with stellate russet.
Calyx: Closed; segments connivent. Tube funnel-shaped; stamens median.
Basin: Shallow, narrow, wrinkled and corrugated.
Skin: Surface polished, waxen white, almost wholly covered with bright red; a beautiful fruit.
Dots: Distinct, numerous, minute, white.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh snow white, tender, juicy, subacid; quality "good."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August and September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
USDA Nomenclature (1905)
From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56
Hansen considers it of German origin.
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (3)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Red Wine—From Russia; of Lowland Raspberry type—Fruit medium, roundish oblate, irregular, sides often bulging; surface polished, waxen white, almost wholly covered with bright red, a beautiful fruit; dots distinct, numerous, minute, white; cavity regular, narrow, with stellate russet; stem medium; basin shallow, narrow, wrinkled and corrugated; calyx closed, segments connivent. Tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh snow white, tender, juicy, subacid, good. August, September. Red Wine is No. 343, Rother Weinapfel; this suggests German origin.
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)RED WINE.
References. 1. Webster, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 7:54. 1881. 2. Gibb, Ib., 9:95. 1883. 3. Ib., Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:439. 4. Budd, Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1885:14. 5. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:248. 6. Taylor, Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1892:57. 7. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bul., 76:92. 1902. 8. Budd-Hansen, 1903:163.
Synonyms. No. 333 (2, 4, 7). Red Wine (4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Red Wine (1, 2, 3). Rother Weinapfel (7). Rotherwein appel (4). Vinnoe Krasnoe Osennee (4). Weinapfel Rother (2). Weinapfel Rother (3). Weinappel Rother (1).
A Russian apple of the Lowland Raspberry type (7, 8). Fruit medium, waxen-white almost completely covered with bright red. Flesh white, tender, subacid, good. Season August and September. So far as we know this variety has not been tested in New York.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Red Wine. — Origin, Russia. Of Lowland Raspberry type. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, irregular, sides often bulging; surface polished, waxen white, almost wholly covered with bright red, a beautiful fruit; dots distinct, numerous, minute, white; cavity regular, narrow, with stellate russet; stem medium; basin shallow, narrow, wrinkled, and corrugated; calyx closed; segments connivent; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; flesh snow-white, tender, juicy, subacid, good. August, September.