REDFIELD
TREE CHARACTERISTICS
Growth vigorous | medium | weak
Form upright | spreading | drooping
Canopy dense | medium | sparse
Wood brittle | stiff | flexible
BRANCHING and BEARING TRAITS
Bearing spur-type | mixed spur and tip | tip-bearing
Cropping precocious | average | late | annual | biennial
Fruit drop average | medium | light | none (few)
Budbreak uniform | medium | weak | blindwood
Branching habit vertical | medium | horizontal | downward
Lateral branching profuse | medium | sparse
Branch caliper thick | medium | thin
Water sprouts profuse | moderate | few | none
Rootsuckers profuse | moderate | few | none
LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage dense | medium | sparse
Leaf size large | medium | small
Leaf color dark-green | green | yellow-green | reddish
Leaf drop early | middle | late
FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS
Bloom time early | middle | late
Bloom density dense | medium | sparse
TREE DISORDERS or INJURIES
Winter injury wood | spur leaves | flowers | bark | crown
Bark/leaf disorders measles | cracking | sunburn | southwest injury | leaf bronzing | leaf curling
scion-rootstock incompatibilities
DISEASE OCCURRENCE scab | rust | fireblight | mildew | crown gall | black rot | fly speck | sooty blotch | bark cankers | leaf spot | bitter rot | other (virus)
INSECTS mites | leafminer | trunk borer | aphids | apple maggot | plant bugs | leafollers | Other
Harvest season early | mid-season | mid-late | late
Harvest uniformity one pick | 2 picks | > 2 picks
FRUIT DESCRIPTION
General shape flat | round | conical | oval | oblong
Symmetry symmetric | variable | asymmetric
Ribs indistinct | distinct
Basin (stem end)
Depth shallow | medium | deep
Width narrow | medium | wide
Angle acute | about 90 degrees | obtuse
FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS:
Ground color yellow | green-yellow | light green
Over color solid | blush | stripe
Amount absent | 0-25% | 25-50% | 50-75% | >75%
Type red-orange | red | purple-red | pink
Flesh color white | yellowish | greenish | pink
Fruit size small | medium | large
Fruit finish:
Surface texture smooth | rough | pitted | bumpy
Bloom absent | slight | moderate | heavy
Greasiness absent | slight | moderate | heavy
Scarf skin absent | present
Russeting nil | mainly in stem end | mainly in calyx end | slight all over | heavy all over
Lenticels conspicuous | inconspicuous
Number few | medium | numerous
Size small | medium | large
Shape round | angular
Cracking:
Degree heavy | moderate | light | none
Location calyx | stem-end | entire fruit
Fruit classification:
low acid sweet | bittersweet
high acid sharp | bittersharp
Aroma faint | medium | strong
Fruit texture fine | medium | coarse
Firmness soft | medium | firm | crisp
Juiciness dry | medium | juicy
Palatability melting, flesh disappears | moderate | pulpy | inedible
OVERALL RATING excellent | good | fair | poor
COMMENTS May be over-rated, but can make a blush cider
OTHER COMMENTS or CONCERNS Heavy crop, easy to manage trees