Cultivar 719: Fall Red

### Fall Red Fall Red is an apple cultivar (Malus domestica). Its parentage is listed as Duchess × Haralson, with a 1986 date and a Morden, Manitoba context in prairie cultivar sources [S1] [S2] [S3] [S4].

A dedicated cultivar sheet says it was selected at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, as AA-18-66, tested as PF 50, and introduced through the Agriculture Canada Research Station at Morden, Manitoba [S4].

Descriptions show medium to large fruit, about 7 to 8 cm across, with a dull red over yellow-green background [S1] [S3] [S4]. Flesh is white and described as good in quality and texture. One account adds that it is crisp, firm, moderately acidic, and flavorful [S4]. Fruit maturity is given as late September, with another note saying early to mid-September, which still places it in a late-season window [S4] [S3].

Storage is consistently strong. Sources say it can keep to March and at least ten weeks with normal handling [S1] [S4]. Use is listed as good for fresh eating, good for cooking, and acceptable for juicing [S2] [S4].

Tree notes describe Fall Red as moderately vigorous, with good framework, and prone to alternate bearing. Zone 2a/2b notes also say topworking onto Garnet, Bedford, or Nertchinsk can be beneficial [S4].

In recommendations, it appears in late-season apple lists for both favorable and less favorable prairie zones, suggesting broad prairie adaptation focus [S2]. Hardiness is inconsistently stated: one source uses H2, one says zone 2a, and one has weakly legible zone 3b data. The clearest read is that it is treated as a prairie cold-hardy cultivar, while exact zone details vary by source [S1] [S2] [S4].

Fall Red is in this archive because it has a clear Haralson-derived prairie lineage, a defined institutional pathway from Alberta selection to Manitoba introduction, and practical late-season use for both fresh and processed uses without needing inferred parent-descendant links to explain its profile [S1] [S2] [S3] [S4].

Summary source basis

• S1: Edible Apples in Prairie Canada
• S2: Tree fruit production for the Prairie Provinces
• S3: An index of fruit cultivars tested or developed on the Canadian prairies.
• S4: Fall Red
• S5: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF APPLE SELECTIONS AND CULTIVARS

This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 4 additional supporting sources linked below.

Featured source descriptions

“Originated at the Morden Research Station, Man., selected at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.”
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“Associated with Morden (1986) and C.G. Davidson.”
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“Flesh white, of good quality and texture.”
— ^[1]

“Referenced to Prairie Moon, Sprout, and Smithfield; Hort Guide 1987.”
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Direct parent cultivars

• No direct linked parent cultivars promoted yet.

Parentage claim text

• Parentage given as Duchess X Haralson.
• Duchess x Haralson.
• 'Duchess' x 'Haralson'.
• Lineage: Duchess x Haralson.
• Parentage is given as Duchess x Haralson.

Derived or downstream cultivar links

• No derived or downstream lineage links yet.

Source-story quotations

• Midseason: Fall Red, September Ruby, Norkent (durable), Goodland (not as hardy but sweet), Battleford, Carlos Queen, WestlandRecommended fruit Varieties, p4
• Fall Red (Duchess X Haralson) Morden (1986) C.G. DavidsonEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p29
• Fall Red (Duchess X Haralson) Morden (1986) C.G. DavidsonEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p29
• Fall Red (Duchess X Haralson) Morden (1986) C.G. DavidsonEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p29

Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.

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