Redpath Fall Seedling

Apple

Origin and History

Originated by Thomas Redpath, Long Lake, Minnesota. A seedling of a seedling of Northern Spy. Awarded first prize at the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 as a new fall seedling.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Roundish truncated

Skin: Surface green, sparsely striped with red

Stem: Medium

Cavity: Regular, acute, narrow, with faint trace of russet

Basin: Narrow, abrupt, nearly smooth

Calyx: Closed

Flesh and Flavor: Subacid; good

Core and Seeds: Core very small, rounded, meeting. Cells obovate, slit. Tube conical. Stamens median. Seeds very few.

Season

Fall

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes or Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Redpath Fall Seedling-Originated by Thomas Redpath, Long Lake, Minnesota; a seedling of a seedling of Northern Spy, awarded first prize at Minnesota State Fair in 1901 as a new fall Seedling-Fruit medium, roundish truncated; surface green, sparsely striped with red; cavity regular, acute, narrow, with faint trace of russet; stem medium; basin narrow, abrupt, nearly smooth; calyx closed. Core very small, rounded, meeting; cells obovate, slit; tube conical; stamens median; seeds very few; flesh subacid, good. Fall.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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