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Walbridge is a historical apple cultivar also known as Edgar Redstreak. Joseph Curtis of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois originated it, and it was first called Edgar Redstreak. The shorter name Walbridge became preferred because it had been used for many years before the original name became widely known. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, regular, oblate, and conical. The skin is smooth and polished, pale greenish yellow, lightly shaded with pale red, and marked with narrow stripes and bright red splashes on the sunny side. The flesh is white with green veinings, crisp, tender, juicy, and mild subacid. Its quality is rated fair. [S1]
Walbridge was described as an all-winter apple, giving it value as a storage fruit rather than a short-season dessert apple. The source also records a short to medium stem, acute cavity, narrow and nearly flat basin, closed calyx, and open clasping core. [S1]
The tree is vigorous, upright when young, and spreading with age. It was considered a fine nursery tree, but in many parts of the West it was reported to be very slow and shy to bear. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is given. Its appearance in a 1902 South Dakota Agricultural College bulletin on northwestern apples places it in a northern plains and northwestern apple discussion, but the packet gives no specific winter survival claim for Walbridge. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has the preference. Tree vigorous, at first upright, but spreading with age, a fine tree in nursery. In many parts of the west it has been a very ”
— A Study of Northwestern Apples, p113
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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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | p113 | Marked fruit character includes an acute cavity, short-to-medium stem, narrow and nearly flat basin, and closed calyx; core is open and clasping with funnel-shaped tube and marginal stamens.; Storage period recorded as " |
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| 14 | p113 | description_snippet | Marked fruit character includes an acute cavity, short-to-medium stem, narrow and nearly flat basin, and closed calyx; core is open and clasping with funnel-shaped tube and margina | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | storage_duration | Storage period recorded as "All winter." | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white with green veinings, crisp, tender, juicy, and mild subacid; quality rated fair. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | fruit_color | Fruit surface is smooth and polished, pale greenish-yellow, thinly shaded with pale red with narrow stripes and bright red sun-splashes. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | fruit_size | Fruit size is medium; shape oblate and conical and described as regular. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | productivity | Noted as a very tardy and shy bearer in many parts of the west. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | growth_habit | Tree is vigorous, upright when young, becoming spreading with age, and described as a fine nursery tree. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p113 | selection_origin_reference | Walbridge, also called Edgar Redstreak, was originated by Joseph Curtis in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; name later commonly used as Walbridge. | Walbridge. (Edgar Redstreak)... Originated by Joseph Curtis, Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, and named Edgar Redstreak, but the shorter name, under which it was raised for many years before the true name became known, has th | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Marked fruit character includes an acute cavity, short-to-medium stem, narrow and nearly flat basin, and closed calyx; core is open and clasping with funnel-shaped tube and marginal stamens. | 0.84 |
| storage_duration | Storage period recorded as "All winter." | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white with green veinings, crisp, tender, juicy, and mild subacid; quality rated fair. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Fruit surface is smooth and polished, pale greenish-yellow, thinly shaded with pale red with narrow stripes and bright red sun-splashes. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Fruit size is medium; shape oblate and conical and described as regular. | 0.93 |
| productivity | Noted as a very tardy and shy bearer in many parts of the west. | 0.88 |
| growth_habit | Tree is vigorous, upright when young, becoming spreading with age, and described as a fine nursery tree. | 0.91 |
| selection_origin_reference | Walbridge, also called Edgar Redstreak, was originated by Joseph Curtis in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; name later commonly used as Walbridge. | 0.93 |
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