"Red Apple Rag" is an American country rag in 2/4 time and G Major. The parts are played AB (Christeson), AABB (Phillips) or AA'BB' (Devil's Box). It is a widely-known and frequently played and recorded tune, popularized by Tennessee fiddle legend Arthur Smith (1898-1971). The composition is often credited to him. It was printed in R.P. Christeson's Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2 (1984), Stephen F. Davis's Devil's Box vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 1992 and Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995). It was recorded by Arthur Smith on Fiddling Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners (1978), Art Stamper on The Lost Fiddler (c. 1982), Kenny Baker & Howdy Forrester on Red Apple Rag (1983), Cyril Stinnett on Tape from Forrest Ellifrits (c. 1965) and Ed Haley on Forked Deer (1997).