Plant Inventory No. 204, Part II - Germplasm Resources Information ...

PI 589170. Malus brevipes (Rehder) Rehder
Pedigree - (Malus brevipes) Introduced into cultivation in 1883.
Comments:: Flower: single, small; pure white. Fruit: small 15 mm,
berrylike; round; 100% bright red, attractive; calyx mostly Deciduous;
stems short; ripening season mid-October, 1 wk after Delicious. Tree:
small, stiffly branched bush; heavily productive. Small tree,
attractive small fruits.
The following were developed by J.E. March, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United
States. Donated by Roger D. Way, Cornell University, New York State Agric.
Exp. Station, Department of Horticulture, Geneva, New York 14456-0462, United
States. Received 06/24/1985.
PI 589171. Malus domestica Borkh.
March #1. Comments:: Fruit: size very large, 85-90mm; skin mostly
grass green, sometimes 10-20% dull orange splash, unattractive; shape
round-oblate; flesh firm, greenish-cream colored; flavor slightly acid;
eating quality fair; harvest season early October, with Delicious.
Tree: triploid; large, vigorous; productive; very biennial cropping;
fire blight susceptibility rating 5. Large, green, triploid. R.D. Way,
1991,.
The following were developed by Dept. Hort., Univ., 111., Urbana, Illinois,
United States. Donated by Roger D. Way, Cornell University, New York State
Agric. Exp. Station, Department of Horticulture, Geneva, New York 14456-0462,
United States. Received 06/24/1985.
PI 589172. Malus domestica Borkh.
Crandall. Pedigree - Rome Beauty x Jonathan; crossmade 1914; selected
1925; introd. 1952. Comments:: Fruit: medium to small; roundish oblate;
skin red, thick; dessert and cooking usage; ripens before Winesap; keeps
well in storage through Apr. Tree: productive; comes into bearing
early; blooms in midseason; relatively disease resistant. Mid-season,
red.
The following were developed by E.A. Ohlson. Donated by Roger D. Way, Cornell
University, New York State Agric. Exp. Station, Department of Horticulture,
Geneva, New York 14456-0462, United States. Received 06/24/1985.
PI 589173. Malus domestica Borkh.
Ohlson. Collected in Unknown. Puyallup, Washington, United States.
Pedigree - Unknown; chance seedling; discovered about 1935. Comments::
Fruit: size very large, 80-100 mm; skin 30-70% red, splashed stripe;
shape oblong, blocky; flesh soft, nearly white; flavor subacid; eating
quality fair; harvest season begin- ning of September, 5 wks before
Delicious. Tree: productive annual bearer; Diploid (Proc. Amer. Soc.
Hort. Sci. 82:56. 1963). Very large, block shape, diploid. R.D. Way,
1992.
The following were developed by Woolsthorpe, Grantham, England, United
Kingdom. Donated by Roger D. Way, Cornell University, New York State Agric.
Exp. Station, Department of Horticulture, Geneva, New York 14456-0462, United
States. Received 06/24/1985.
PI 589174. Malus domestica Borkh.
Flower of Kent. Pedigree - Unknown. Original tree growing about 1660.
Comments:: Fruit: The falling of this apple led Isaac Newton to
discover the law of gravity. Size large, 70-80 mm; 60- 90% red,
striped; shape conic; flesh firm, cream-colored; flavor slightly acid,
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