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Apple varieties, United States

Kentucky Red Streak

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Originated in USA. It was known before 1864. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Sources

Kentucky Red Streak (accession 1951 - 247), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late october); the other names.