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

PI 589603. Malus hybrid
Red and Yellow. Pedigree - Selected from a group of M. baccata
seedlings introduced from Siberia, origin not known. Characteristics
appear to be pure M. baccata. Comments:: Fruit: 1/2" diam., red blush
over yellow ground color. Good rootstock.
PI 589604. Malus hybrid
Kit Trio. Pedigree - Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab Intro: 1938.
Comments:: Fruit: 1 5/8" across, rich polished yellow all over; flesh
pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender, slices retain their
shape, quality good. Season: late. Flowers: 5-8 in cluster, 5 petals,
coral red bud.
PI 589605. Malus hybrid
Joe Trio. Pedigree - Pyrus baccata cerasifera x Mercer Wild Crab
Intro: 1936. Comments:: Fruit: 1 3/4" x 1 3/8", oblate yellow with
striped and mixed red. Flesh acid, cooks up into very good quality
sauce. Season: all winter.
PI 589606. Malus hybrid
Waziya. Pedigree - Nevis Minnesota wild crab x Northwestern Greening
apple; sister to Wecota and Wetonka. Intro: 1938. Comments:: Perhaps
largest and best of Nevis hybrids; fruit oblate, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4", green,
unctuous and fragrant like wild crab. Sharp acid fruit does not cook up,
but has less wild crab acerbity. All year keeper.
PI 589607. Malus hybrid
Sasha. Pedigree - A seedling of the Hibernal pollinated with
Gravenstein pollen. Intro: 1919. Comments:: Fruit: fine yellow, oblate,
excellent quality, sweet, com- ercial size. Tree: susceptible to fire
blight.
PI 589608. Malus hybrid
Lina. Pedigree - Seedling of Malinda Intro: 1933. Comments:: Fruit: 2
1/2" across; much like Malinda in conical shape; with blush, but with no
knobs; remarkably perfectly conical shape with no corrugations. Flesh:
mild subacid, juicy, cooks up more easily than Malinda. Stores well;
included to cluster and alternate bearing. Tree: hardy with upright
growth habit. Additional LIT.CIT.: McCrory,S.A. 1958. North Central
Reg- ional Pub. No. 90. S.D. Ag Ex St Bl 471, p 25.
PI 589609. Malus hybrid
Linda Sweet. Pedigree - A seedling of Malinda Apple, top-grafted on
Sweet Russet Crabapple. Intro: 1922. Comments:: A large crabapple with
skin much russeted. 1 1/2" diam. oblong, conic. Flesh: mild, subacid,
sweet. Apparently a later winter crab. The influence of teh Sweet
Russet pollen is evident from the sweet flesh and russet skin. Tree:
hardy, inclined to overbear, winter hardy. Additional LIT.CIT.: 1991.
Edible Apples in Priarie Canada, Pub. 21. p. 41.
PI 589610. Malus hybrid
Red Wild. Pedigree - Open-pollinated. Comments:: Fruit: 1" diam., red
over yellow, and of poor quality. Tree: hardy.
PI 589 611. Malus hybrid
Wakaga. Pedigree - Nevis Minnesota wild crab x Wolf River apple.
Intro: 1938. Comments:: Fruit: perhaps largest of the Nevis hybrids, 2
3/8x2 1/2" deep solid red over green. Cavity green out over base.
Flesh: mild acerb acid. Cooks up tender into light, yellow sauce.
Season: all winter.
The following were collected by H.E. Hansen. Developed by N.E. Hansen,
Agricultural College of South Dakota, Brookings, South Dakota, United States.
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