Kidd's Orange Red

Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red
Hybrid parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin x Red Delicious
Cultivar	Kidd's Orange Red
Origin	Greytown, Wairarapa, 1924

Kidd's Orange Red is a cultivar of domesticated apple that was developed in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand.^[1]^[2] It is also known as the Delco apple.^[1] The Kidd's Orange Red creamy white flesh, crisp and juicy texture, and sweet and aromatic flavor.^[2]

The Captain Kidd apple is a sport from Kidd's Orange Red with fruit that have a stronger red pigment.^[1]

This crop bears fruit reliably but not heavily, making less commercially attractive.^[2] It is a parent of Gala and Telstar apple cultivars.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Kidd's Orange Red", National Fruit Collection, retrieved 31 October 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c Mikolajski, Andrew (2012). The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Apples. Lorenz Books. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7548-2066-6.

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[NFC-1] "Kidd's Orange Red", National Fruit Collection, retrieved 31 October 2015

[:0-2] Mikolajski, Andrew (2012). The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Apples. Lorenz Books. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7548-2066-6.

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