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