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 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Height
48.00 mm 2
Width
54.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Red Army
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register