Red Army
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W.Wastie. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have firm, crisp, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Chatley's Kernel x Worcester Pearmain
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Height
48.00 mm b
Width
54.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
low b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Red Army
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register