The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Redhook

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

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.

Family tree

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

  • Redhook United States, 1923
    • Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
    • Pollen parent Carlton United States, 1912
      • Seed parent Autumn Bough
      • Pollen parent Red Astrachan Russia, before 1816
        • Parent Passe Pomme Rouge
        • Parent Saint Germain
McIntosh Redhook
Where Redhook came from. The lines lead to its parents: McIntosh (Canada) and Carlton (United States).

Sources

  1. Redhook (accession 1952 - 125), 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 (late august).

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