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Red Queen is a Russian apple described in N.E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples [S1]. Hansen lists it as No. 316 among apple cultivars described for northwestern and northern Great Plains orchards [S1]. The source gives no parentage, breeder, or release date [S1].
The fruit is above medium to large, regular, and roundish conical [S1]. The skin is greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red, and has many large white dots near the basin, some with a minute dark center [S1]. The cavity is shallow, obtuse, and russeted, with a short stout stem [S1]. The basin is narrow, small, abrupt, and wrinkled or wavy [S1].
The flesh is greenish white or white with green veinings [S1]. Hansen describes the flavor as sprightly acid and lists the apple as good for culinary use, not mainly as a fresh dessert apple [S1]. Red Queen is marked as a winter apple, and the classification section places it in a late keeping group headed Midwinter to Spring [S1].
The available entry does not describe tree habit, productivity, disease behavior, or storage duration [S1]. It also does not state hardiness directly [S1]. Red Queen is relevant to Pomologica because of its Russian origin and its inclusion in a South Dakota bulletin on apples for northwestern and northern prairie conditions, but the source gives no zone rating or explicit winter survival record [S1].
The evidence supports Red Queen as a Malus apple cultivar, but the source gives no species-level taxonomy beyond the apple cultivar context [S1]. It gives no parentage, siblings, or later breeding use [S1].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Origin in Russia.”
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“Cavity regular, shallow, obtuse and russeted; stem short stout; basin narrow, small, abrupt, wrinkled or wavy; calyx closed; core closed, distant, barely clasping.”
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“Listed under tube conical; stamens basal.”
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“Flesh greenish white with green veinings, sprightly acid.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p92 p140 | Flesh described as white with green veinings.; Floral and fruit notes include conical tube and basal stamens.; Entry marker includes No. 316.; Good for culinary use and listed as winter. |
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| 14 | p140 | fruit_color | Flesh described as white with green veinings. | Tube conical, stamens basal ... Flesh white, with green veinings ... Red Queen | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p140 | description_snippet | Floral and fruit notes include conical tube and basal stamens. | Tube conical, stamens basal ... Flesh white, with green veinings ... Red Queen | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | source_reference_abbreviation | Entry marker includes No. 316. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | recommendation_context | Good for culinary use and listed as winter. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | flavor_profile | Flesh greenish white with green veinings, sprightly acid. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | description_snippet | Cavity regular, shallow, obtuse and russeted; stem short stout; basin narrow, small, abrupt, wrinkled or wavy; calyx closed; core closed, distant, barely clasping. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | fruit_color | Surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots white with some dark-centered examples, concentrated near the basin. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | fruit_size | Fruit medium to large. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p92 | selection_origin_reference | Origin in Russia. | Red Queen (No. 316) -Orig in, Russia. Fruit above medium to large, regular, roundish conical; surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots large, white, some with minute dark dot in center, numerous towards the | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| fruit_color | Flesh described as white with green veinings. | 0.83 |
| description_snippet | Floral and fruit notes include conical tube and basal stamens. | 0.81 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Entry marker includes No. 316. | 0.95 |
| recommendation_context | Good for culinary use and listed as winter. | 0.98 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh greenish white with green veinings, sprightly acid. | 0.99 |
| description_snippet | Cavity regular, shallow, obtuse and russeted; stem short stout; basin narrow, small, abrupt, wrinkled or wavy; calyx closed; core closed, distant, barely clasping. | 0.95 |
| fruit_color | Surface greenish yellow, sometimes with dull red; dots white with some dark-centered examples, concentrated near the basin. | 0.93 |
| fruit_size | Fruit medium to large. | 0.99 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin in Russia. | 0.99 |
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