What is "redstreak"

Redstreak \Red"streak`\ (-str?k`), n.

1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple.
   --Mortimer.

2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.

n. 1 A kind of apple with the skin streaked with red and yellow, a favourite English cider apple. 2 cider pressed from redstreak apples.

The Redstreak, also spelt Redstrake, Red Streak or Red-streak, is or was a very old variety of cider apple formerly commonly planted in England.

It is sometimes referred to as the Herefordshire Redstreak or Old Redstreak to distinguish it from later-developed varieties, such as the Somerset Redstreak, with a similar name.