Code Pink its not the only interesting variety this orchardist have… interesting is Ruby Tuesday too…
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Red on Red
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Nice! that russeting around the outer circumference of the Red On Red reminds me of the Bakran. They also look kinda small like Bakran. Not as dark of skin though…
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For those interested in growing out some potentially diverse red-fleshed apple seedlings, the Experimental Farm Network is offering red-fleshed cider apple seed mix from Dr. Amy Miller’s work:
Do I need more apple seeds? No. Did I buy a pack? Yes. 
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Buying more apples seeds to germinate out- that’s the spirit!
I bought some Red Flesh OP seeds from Skillcult & a bunch of additional others along with the unique apples I come across & germinate those. Its going to be Applepalooza Seeds here!
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Tried my first Lucy Rose apples and was impressed by them.
Looking to buy Lucy Glo and Lucy Rose Scions or trees…
What’s the best source? I can only find gurneys and they seem pricey, but I’m going to order with them unless someone has a better option to point me towards.
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Restoring eden, burnt ridge? And cummins i think each had some
Just realized you may have been asking about the Red Vein Crab, not the Winekist. I have the Red Vein Crab on B.118, it may have required temporary staking for a year or two. My dwarf trees I do stake with T-Posts, when they need it. I don’t generally stake them until they show they need it. My dwarfs are mostly B.9 and G.214. Semi-Dwarfs I treat the same.
270 of my 1,900 varieties have red, orange or pink flesh. Not my crosses.
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Hi Copious! Any idea how Ruby Tuesday does with scab so far?
Seemed clean from what I recall. It’s a young tree thats only been in the ground for a year though. I’ll keep an eye on it this year.
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Thanks very much for the intel. It’s hard to find much intel about Freddy’s apples and his climate is so different!
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orange? Id love a post on these 
So far I have a burfurd red fleshed apple scion. I have redfield and Ed’s crazy crab on my wishlist. Does anyone know of any disease resistant red fleshed apples besides these?
I only plant relatively disease resistant fruit trees. Many red fleshed apple trees are reportedly susceptible to diseases. Only a few stand out to me as relatively disease resistant:
- Burford Redflesh Apple
- Redfield Apple
- Ed’s Crazy Applecrab
- Winekist Apple
They are all reportedly rather tart, but then my primary interest has been disease resistant wildlife trees.
Redfield
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I have not seen much to concern me regarding diseases in caring for Winekist, Redfield or Otterson. So far they have been spotless.
When does Otterson ripen? Does it hang past ripeness?
Loren, you make look into a Perfect Circle farm. The owner is growing out several varieties of apples collected from the wild in Vermont. I would assume, since they are surviving without being tended too, that the varieties are relatively disease free. He has a couple red fleshed varieties as well.
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The short answer? I don’t know yet.
Otterson had a slower start than most in my yard. It was put to a potted Gen30 root, which took a year to establish roots when planted in ground. Last year it got some height and I am hoping it blooms a bit this season.
I recall an article saying Otterson came ripe October 1 in New York. Due to high heat and light in Spokane it might ripen a couple weeks earlier than that.
Hanging well? I’ll report when that fine day arrives.
I love that description.
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