Ruddy
AppleRUDDY
Origin / History
RUDDY was raised by Mr. Charles Ross from the varieties Ecklinville and Mère de Ménage. Bunyard describes it in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920). It resembles Red Astrachan but is of no particular merit.
Tree
The tree is compact in growth and moderate in fertility. The leaves are long oval, undulating, and curved serrate, with a gray-green color.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 2⅜ by 2¼.
Form: Round flattened and fairly regular.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: The ground color is palest yellow-green, almost covered with a rich crimson flush. The flush is faintly mottled.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: The flesh is white and of loose texture. It is fairly sweet and slightly aromatic. The quality is of no particular merit.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
RUDDY ripens in early September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)RUDDY. Early September, medium, 2⅜ by 2¼, round flattened, fairly regular. Colour, palest yellow-green, almost covered with rich crimson flush, faintly mottled. Flesh, of loose texture, white, fairly sweet and slightly aromatic. Growth, compact; fertility, moderate. Leaf, long oval, undulating, curved serrate, grey-green. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross from Ecklinville and Mère de Ménage. It resembles Red Astrachan but is of no particular merit.