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Melba An open pollinated seedling of Mcintosh selected 

 in 1909 and introduced in 1924 by the Canada 

 Dept . Agricultural Experiment Station, Ottawa. 



Mc Intosh Originated as a chance seedling in Dundas County, 



Ontario, Canada. Propagation of this variety began 

 in about 1870. 



Milton Yellow Transparent X Mcintosh. The cross was made 

 in 1909, selected in 1920 and introduced in 1923 

 by the N . Y . S . A. E .S . , Geneva. 



Mollie ' s (Golden Delicious X Edgewood) X (Red Gravenstein X 

 Del icious Close). The cross was made in 1948, selected in 



1956 and introduced in 1966 by the N.J.A.E.S., New 



Brunswick . 



Mutsu Golden Delicious X Indo. The cross was made in 1930 

 and the cultivar was introduced by the Fruit Experi- 

 ment Station, Aomori, Japan in 1948. It was intro- 

 duced into the United States in 1948. Called Crispin 

 in England. 



Northern Originated as a chance seedling in East Bloomfield, 

 Spy Ontario County, New York about 1800. 



Paulared Originated as a chance seedling. Discovered in an 

 orchard in Sparta, Michigan in 1960 and introduced 

 in 1967. 



Puritan Mcintosh X Red Astrachan. The cross was made in 1929 

 and the cultivar was introduced in 1953. 



Q uinte Crimson Beauty X Red Melba. A selection of the 



Canada Department of Agriculture Research Station, 

 Ottawa. Introduced in 1964. 



Red This is a Russian variety imported by the Massachusetts 

 Astrachan Horticultural Society in 1935. 



Rhode Island Originated as a chance seedling probably in the 

 Greening vicinity of Newport, Rhode Island in about 1750. 



Rome Originated as a chance seedling in Lawrence County, 

 Beauty Ohio before 1848. 



Spartan Mcintosh X Yellow Newtown. The cross was made in 1926 

 and introduced in 1936 by the Canada Dept. Agr . Res. 

 Sta., Summerland, British Columbia. 



Spencer Mcintosh X Golden Delicious. The cross was made in 1926, 

 selected in 1938 and introduced in 1959 by the CD. A. 

 R.S., Summerland, British Columbia. 



