Red Sauce

An old American apple with pink stained flesh.

Origin: USA, 1910

Pollination: Red Sauce is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Red Sauce

Red Sauce apple was raised in 1910 by R Wellington at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station from a Deacon Jones x Wealthy. It was introduced in 1926. It has pink stained flesh when fully ripe and cooks to a sharp well flavoured puree. Hence the name Red Sauce. It may also be made into an attractive pink jelly or pressed to produce a pink apple juice. Good cropper producing and a moderately vigorous tree.

Characteristics of Red Sauce apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Sep
Season of use	Sep-Nov
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	16
Pollination group	E
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Wealthy