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Red Astrachan
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from Russia. It first fruited in the UK in 1816. Fruits have firm, crisp, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet and fair flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Abe Lincoln, American Red, American Rouge, Anglese Pippin, Anglesea Pippin, Astracan, Astracan rosso, Astracan Rouge, Astrachan, Astrachan cerveny, Astrachan Red, Astrachan Rouge, Astrachanskoe Krasnoe, Astrahan Rosu, Astrahanskoe Krasnoe, Astrakan, Astrakan Rouge, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Rouge, Asztrahani piros, Beauty of Wales, Carmin de Juin, Castle Leno Pippin, Cerven Astrahan, d'Astracan, d'Astracan rouge, der rote astrachanische Sommerapfel, der rothe Astrachanische Sommerapfel, Deterding's Early, Deterling's Early, Duke of Devon, Hamper's American, Kaiserlicher Calvill, Krasnoe astra hanskoe, Olivka Krasnaya, Oliwka czerwona, Pomeroy, Pomme d'Astracan Rouge, Rau Astrakan, Red Astracan, Red Astrachan Apple, Red Astrakhan, Rod Astrakan, Rod Astrakaner, Roda Astrakanska, Rode Astrakan, Roode Astrachaner, Roter Astrachan, Rother Astracan, Rother Astrachan, Rother Astrakan, Rother Astrakhan, Rouge d'Astrachan, Rouge Hative, The Red Astrachan Apple, Transparent Rouge, Transparente Rouge, Vermilion d'Ete, Vermillon d'Ete, Waterloo
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Astillisch
- Father to:
- Carlton
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1999 - 084
- Accession name
- Red Astrachan
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th April10% flowering
1st MayFull (80%) flowering 9th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early August 1


- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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