RF: Airlie Red Flesh Apple

type: Culinary, Cider, Jelly, Juice, Ornamental, Pie, Pollinization, Sauce

synonyms: The "Airlie Redflesh Apple" was known by a succession of names, starting with "Story's Apple Seedling" in the mid-1900s. It was widely known as "Airlie's Red Flesh" as well as "Hidden Rose" and "Mountain Rose" in the 2000s. The official cultivar name is listed as "Airlie Red Flesh/Newell-Kinsey Red Flesh Apple" although it is best known by the shorter name "Airlie Red Flesh."

summary: A small, red-flesh apple found growing in the hill country of western Oregon (U.S.A.) in the mid-1900s.

identification: Produces heavy harvests of plum-size, tall-conic apples, and sometimes lightly ribbed. The base colour is yellowish green, maturing to golden yellow, often with a pink to magenta blush on the sun-exposed face. Small, somewhat faint, tan-coloured, lenticels are visible. The calyx is closed and medium size, set in a deep funnel-shaped basin. The stem is short and stout, set in a deep, waxy cavity. Pale, whitish lenticels are scattered. Yellow skin/pink flesh fading to white toward the interior. The bright pink blossoms provide a vivid pink ornamental display through the spring.

characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured with red stains throughout. Sometimes ranging to dark red, but mostly white around the core. Fine-grained, dense and crisp, sometimes rock-hard. Sweet and often tart. Citric flavours mingled with a hints of berries. Slow to oxidize.

uses: Kinsey partnered with Schwartz In addition, the apple has frequently been mistaken for the Pink Pearl (#4974) red-flesh apple which it resembles.

origins: It is difficult to pinpoint the origin of the Airlie Apple. Some sources maintain that it was found during the latter years of the 1800s, growing in a small, impromptu orchard in the wooded hill country of western Oregon State (U.S.A.) during the later years of the 1800s. Possibly stemming from research carried out by Albert Etting during the early 1900s. country of western Oregon (U.S.A.), possibly as These small, red-fleshed apples were found in the early 1900s as chance seedlings in the sparsely-forested hill It's difficult to determine when the apple named Airlie Redflesh first appeared. An old, hand-dug well and a wild-grown orchard of apple trees suggest that the red-fleshed trees were already well established on the semi-wooded hillsides of western Oregon (U.S.A.) when Frank Story acquired the 83-acre property on Story Farm Mountain in the early 1900s. And they were still growing the red-fleshed fruit in 1959 when Frank Story retired and sold the property on Story Farm Mountain to Lucky Newell and his wife Audrey.GG 1950 Frank Story bought what became known as Story Farm Lucky Newell purchased Story Farm Lucky Newell Abandonned Story Farm MOUNTAIN While Frank Story Retired 19 Lucky Newell 1950s to 1966s UNCLAIMED 20 years Pomologist William Schutz/Schultz 1980s or by farm worker Thomas Kimzie Introduced before Frank Story acquired the in the early 1900s or when Lucky Newell purchased the property in the mid 1900s. Frank Story was described as a farmer first and foremost, with only passing interest in cultivating apple trees. When he decided to retire in 1959, he sold the farm to Lucky and Audrey Newell who, in addition to working the land, hoped to benefit from the unusual red-fleshed apple trees found growing there. However, in 19??, when a larger piece of land came available some distance away, Lucky Newell decided to pull stakes and move on. The farm with its red-fleshed apples stood empty for several years.... In 19?? Found as a wild seedling in the early 1960s First called Airlee Redflesh by Randy Kiyokawa 1993, trademarked 1993, Schwartz trademarked Hidden Rose 2001then Hidden Rose brought to the attention of Bill Schultz Later trademarked as Hidden Rose and brand-named as Mountain Rose. named by bill schulz, also named Hidden Rose Known as Newell-Kimsey Red Flesh, ARFA, Bill's Red Flesh and Fred's Red Flesh. Named Schultz's Red Flesh by Bill Schultz who also named it Airlie's Red Flesh in honour of the town where it was originated. Named by Bill Schulz in honour of the town in Oregon (U.S.A.) where the red-flesh apple was found growing during the mid-1900s. Airlies RF also known as Hidden Rose and Sometimes called "Watermelon" although this latter name also refers to several other varieties of apples. Airlee RED FLESH Registered as Hidden Rose and Mountain Rose by ThunderHead Guide When Frank Story retired in Lucky and Audrie Newell Found in the early 1900s as a chance seedling growing wild on Frank Story's 80-acre farm located between the hamlets of Airlie and King's Valley in western Oregon (U.S.A.). In 1980, the apples were shown to pomologist Bill Schultz who verified that they were indeed a new variety and named them "Airlie Red Flesh." While the name stuck, it was listed by the official cultivar name "Newell-Kimzey Red Flesh Apple." Also known as "Airlie's Red Flesh," "Schultz' Red Flesh," "Bill's Red Flesh" as well as their trademarked names, "Mountain Rose" and "Hidden Rose." The apple was given the brand name of Hidden Rose and grown commercially by the Thomas Paine Farms. Trademarked as Mountain Rose and Hidden Rose. Along with being known as Newell-Kimsey Red Flesh apple and Aerlie's Red Flesh, the apple has been assigned the brand name of Hidden Rose and is grown commercially by the Thomas Farms. Mountain Rose patented by Eric Schwartz 2001 First recognized 1950s Airlee First it was called Airlie, then went to Hidden Rose, then they put a patent on it. So me and girl just called it ??????

cultivation: Vigorous, spreading tree.

cold storage: Keeps about a month in cold storage, quickly becomes mealy when kept over-long.

harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle period.

notes: Known in the 1950s as Airlie Red Flesh then went to Hidden Rose, Hidden Rose Then Hidden Rose\\Mountain Rose then went to Mountain RoseMountain Kimsey Partnered with Schwartz Then bold Pink Retired and sold farm to Lucky Newell in 1966 Mountain Rose registered and patented by Eric Schwartz in 2001 Can range from a hint of pink to a bold pink has yellow skin over a bright pink flesh, sweet and mildly astringent. Mountain Rose 2001