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RF: Red Vein
type: Culinary, Cider, Jelly, Juice, Ornamental, Sauce
synonyms: Listed as Malus pumila var. niedzwetzkyana
summary: Native to Eurasia, the Red Vein crab apple has become the core of introductions worldwide.
identification: Normally grows fruit about the size of plum, with crimson skin and flesh. Sometimes marked with deep red stripes. Oblong-conic shape.
characteristics: The flesh is dark red.
origins: Initially found growing wild in the hill country of eastern Europe and western Asia and gathered by roaming tribesmen through the region. Collected by Russian naturalists and introduced to growers from Western Europe and North America through the late 1800s and early 1900s.
cultivation: Small tree growing to a maximum of five metres. Bears fruit in two to four years.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in refrigerated storage.
harvest: Late season
notes: The Red Vein tends to be very tangy and was consequently extensively crossed with a variety of dessert apples in the hopes of producing more tolerable attributes.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
foliage: Deep green.
fruit: Red, small.
hardiness: 4
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