Cultivar 1763: Red Stettiner

Red Stettiner, also recorded as Rother Stettiner, is a medium-sized apple. A northern apple bulletin describes it as a solid dark red winter fruit. The cultivar was received from Russia, but the name was taken to suggest German origin. The same source says the tree was not hardy enough for general northern cultivation. [S1]

The fruit is regular, round, and somewhat truncated. Its green skin is almost completely covered with solid dark, dull red. It has large scattered white dots. The cavity is wide, very shallow, acuminate, green, and sometimes russeted. The stem is very short and notably fleshy. The basin is very wide and shallow. The calyx is closed or half open. [S1]

The flesh is greenish white, firm, juicy, mild, vinous, and sweet subacid. The source rates its quality as very good. Its season is listed as “All winter,” placing it among winter apples in the bulletin’s usage and ripening notes. [S1]

A later identification key in the same bulletin places Red Stettiner among solid red apples. It repeats traits including dark red color, a funnel-shaped tube with median stamens, and a very wide, shallow basin. [S1]

No direct parentage, breeder, release date, or breeding program is given. The evidence identifies it as an apple cultivar received from Russia, with a name suggesting German origin. It does not explain whether Russia was the place of origin, the source of introduction, or both. [S1]

Summary source basis

• S1: A Study of Northwestern Apples

This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.

Featured source descriptions

“Received from Russia; name indicates a German origin.”
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“Cavity wide, very shallow, acuminate, sometimes russeted; stem very short and fleshy; basin very wide and shallow; calyx closed or half open.”
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“Basin very wide, shallow.”
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“Not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north.”
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Source-story quotations

• Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner )- Received from Russia, the name indicates-German origin; tree not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north. Fruit medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated; surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red; dots white, rather large, scattered; A Study of Northwestern Apples, p92
• Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner )- Received from Russia, the name indicates-German origin; tree not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north. Fruit medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated; surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red; dots white, rather large, scattered; A Study of Northwestern Apples, p92
• Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner )- Received from Russia, the name indicates-German origin; tree not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north. Fruit medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated; surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red; dots white, rather large, scattered; A Study of Northwestern Apples, p92
• Red Stettiner (Rother Stettiner )- Received from Russia, the name indicates-German origin; tree not sufficiently hardy for general cultivation at the north. Fruit medium, very regular, round, somewhat truncated; surface green, almost wholly covered with solid dark, rather dull red; dots white, rather large, scattered; A Study of Northwestern Apples, p92

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