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Apple varieties, United States

Red Sauce

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

Raised in 1910 by Richard Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1926. Fruits have coarse, often red stained flesh, with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Red Sauce United States, 1910
- Seed parent Deacon Jones
- Pollen parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
  - Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
    - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier

Where Red Sauce came from. The lines lead to its parents: Wealthy (United States).

Sources

Red Sauce (accession 1967 - 077), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september).