Detroit Red (apple)
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Genus | Malus |
Species | M. domestica |
Cultivar | 'Detroit Red' |
'Detroit Red' is a variable apple cultivar, possibly the same as 'Detroit Black', that gives fruit of mediocre quality, somewhat unreliably or biennially.[1] It was grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson.[2]
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- ^ Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Detroit Red", The apples of New York, 2, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 46–48
- ^ Hatch, Peter J. (1998). The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello. United States: University of Virginia. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8139-1746-8.
Categories:
- Apple cultivars
- Malus stubs
- Fruit stubs