Royal Red
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Royal Red
Origin and History
Royal Red was received by the USDA Agricultural Research Service from multiple sources during survey work in the early 1960s, including C & O Nursery in Wenatchee, Washington; Pennsylvania State University Orchards; and California/Oregon sources. The variety was distributed to and evaluated at numerous agricultural experiment stations across the United States between 1953 and 1963.
Fruit
Form and Color: Royal Red is a delicious type apple. The fruit colors earlier and darker than Richard, with mostly blush coloration. Faint striping may occur on the surface.
Other Physical Characteristics: Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
Station Numbers and Distribution: The variety was assigned multiple station identification numbers (153, 53, AP-H-18, M-717) and was evaluated at the following reporting stations: Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia); an unidentified New York station; Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas); University of Maine (Orono, Maine); Graham Horticultural Experiment Station (Grand Rapids, Michigan); University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri); USDA Agricultural Research Service Irrigation Experiment Station (Prosser, Washington); Moxee Quarantine Station (Moxee, Washington); Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (Wooster, Ohio); Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pennsylvania); and Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma).
Genetic Background: One source reported Royal Red as positive on rootstock designation R12740-7A.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1901) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (1)
— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Royal Red. Received from C & O Nursery, Wenatchee, Washington. Reported comments: delicious type, color earlier and "dkr." than Richard, mostly blush, faint striping may occur. Station numbers: 153, 53, AP-H-18, M-717. Reporting stations: VaB (Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia), "NyN", KaM (Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas), MeO (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine), MiG (Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan), MoC (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri), WaP (Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington), WaM (Moxee Quarantine Station, Moxee, Washington), and OhW (Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio). Royal Red. Received from P. S. U. Orchards. Reporting station: PaU (Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania). Royal Red. Received from Calif., Oranqon, Wash., 1953. Reported comments: a redder Delicious. Reporting station: OrC (Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon). Royal Red. Reported comments: positive on R12740-7A. Reporting stations: InL (Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana), "Cns", and OkS (Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma).