The red crab is a variety of Chaceon crab is also called the red crab. Amongst other areas, it is found south of the Faroe Islands, Iceland and in the deep waters west of Ireland and England.

The red cracking bolete is a small, edible bolete with a bland flavour and sort texture.

Thought to be related to the red currant of South America, the original tomato. Tall vines yield an abundance of rich tasting, sweet, tart, crisp, tiny, round 1 cm (½ inch) fruits in clusters of 12 or more, not all ripening at the same time. Indeterminate.

Jujubes. These are wrinkled, olive-shaped berries with a stone which grow on a shrub related to buckthorn. They ripen from green, through red to dark brown. It has sticky flesh slightly reminiscent of a date. They are mostly dried, crystallised or made into thick jelly like Turkish delight.

Red deer are among the largest deer and are found throughout Europe, the Caucasus and north western Africa. Red deer are not primarily bred for meat, but wild deer give sport for hunters, and the venison is eaten.

A name for Delicious, a bright red variety of apple, sometimes in solid colouring, sometimes striped. It is a good eating apple with juicy, somewhat crumbly yellowish-white flesh, tough skin and a slight refreshing tartness, developed during the 1870s. It was originally named Hawkeye when it arose on the farm of Mr Hiatt in Peru in Iowa, and then renamed in 1895. It was introduced commercially to the UK in 1912. This is a widely grown variety with good commercial properties. The original tree still stands in Iowa.This late-season variety is harvested from mid-October in South-East England and is at its best from December to March. It does less well in warm temperate areas, but the English version is sweeter than its American counterpart and not as red.

A variety of red flushed eating apple which is also good for juicing. It was raised by Mr HF Ermen at Faversham in Kent in 1975 as a cross between Discovery and Kent and introduced commercially by FWT Matthews in Worcester. This late-season variety is harvested from late September in South-East England and is at is best from Octonber to December.

Red Duke of York is a potato with pale yellow flesh and a vibrant reddish pink skin. It can be treated as a first early for new potato or left as a second early-maincrop and is good for roasting, making into chips (US: fries) or for mashing. They are the best of the summer potatoes for baking and have really wonderful flavour.

A variety of cabbage similar to mohrenkopf, with dense round purple head.