Redhook
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1923 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA by R. Wellington. Introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft, fine, white flesh with a highly scented flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
McIntosh x Carlton
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
tall to intermediate, sometimes flat, conic to truncate-conic, sometimes asymmetric b
Fruit Height
60-70 mm b
Fruit Width
71-80 mm b
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, unevenly ribbed on body b
Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow b
Over Colour
almost covered dark red flush and darker streaks b
Russet Type
russet dots b
Flesh Colour
white, often tinged red especially at calyx, highly scented b
Skin Texture
heavy bloom b
Flesh Texture
rather soft, fine b
Flavour
subacid, scented b
Accession name
Redhook
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Oblong a
Height
77.94 mm a
Width
81.78 mm a
Ribbing
medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush a
Russet
very low a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
fine a
Juiciness
dry a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register