POMONA HEREFORDIENSIS. 
I. 
THE REDSTREAK. 
- whose pulpousfruit 
With gold irradiate and vermilion shines*^^ Philips, 
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The Redstreak, or Redstrake as our ancestors wrote it, ap¬ 
pears to have been the first fine cider apple that was culti¬ 
vated in Herefordshire, or probably in England ; and it may 
even be questioned whether excellent cider was ever made, 
in any country, previous to the existence of this apple. 
The Redstreak is unquestionably a native of Herefordshire, 
and the credit of having raised it from seed, in the begin¬ 
ning of the 17 th century, has been generally given to Lord 
Scudamore, from whom it was, when first cultivated, called 
“ Scudamore’s Crab and if that nobleman did not raise it 
from seed, it appears extremely probable that he found 
the original tree growing upon his estate ; and he certainly 
first pointed out the excellence of the fruit to the Hereford¬ 
shire Planters.* 
Trees of the Redstreak can now no longer be propagated; 
and the fruit, like the trees, is affected by the debilitated old 
age of the variety, and has in a very considerable degree 
* Evelyn's Pomona. 
