HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OP CRABAPPLES 7 



Notes Concerning 

 Some Selected Apple Cultivars 



Alexander — Parentage unknown, introd. into England from Russia in 1817, 

 date of American introduction unknown. 



Angus — Origin of cultivar and name unknown to author. 



Antonovka — An apple of Russian origin. 



Bailey Sweet — A cultivar of unknown origin occurring before 1849. 



Baldwin — A chance seedling, originated about 1740 on the farm of John Ball, 

 Wilmington, Mass. 



Blushed Calville — Russian origin, parentage unknown to author. 



Broad Green — Origin of cultivar unknown to author. 



Delicious — Discovered in 1881 by Jesse Hiatt of Peru, Iowa, and introd. in 

 1895 by Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo. 



Fall Greening — Originated at Claverack, Columbia County, N. Y., before 

 1869. 



Grimes Golden — Originated in West Virginia before 1804. 



Haas — A seedling of unknown parentage. Originated on the farm of Gabriel 

 Cerre, St. Louis, Mo., about 1870. 



Hamilton Morning Star — Origin of cultivar unknown to author. 



Haralson — Originated at Univ. of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior. 

 Introd. 1923. 



Jonathan — Originated about 1800 on farm of Philip Rick, Ulster County, 

 New York. Named in honor of Jonathan Hasbrouck, one of its discoverers. 



Kentucky Mammouth — A cultivar of unknown parentage received about 1873 

 by A. B. Mathews, Knoxville, Ky., from Charles Downing. 



Mcintosh — Originated as a chance seedling, before 1870, on the property of 

 Allan Mcintosh, Matilda Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. 



McMahon — Originated about 1860 in Richland County, Wis. Possibly a seed- 

 ling of M. cv. Alexander (apple). 



Malinda — A very hardy apple cultivar with medium-size fruit, which origi- 

 nated in Orange County, Vt., before 1860. 



Mercer* — Possibly a hybrid of M. ioensis originating in Mercer County, 111., 

 and introd. by N. K. Fluke of Davenport, Iowa, before 1898. 



Northern Spy — Raised from seed planted in East Bloomfield, N.Y., about 

 1800, by Heman Chapin. 



Northwestern Greening — Originated in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, before 

 1895. 



Oldenburg — A Russian apple imported from England in 1835. 



Osimoe — A Russian variety. Said to be a synonym of the apple M. cv. 

 Hibernal (2, v. 2). 



Red Astrachan — Of Russian origin. Introd. into N. America about 1835. 



(Simbirsk No. 9) — Origin of cultivar and name unknown to author. 



Sweet Russet — A name that has been applied to several cultivars and is, there- 

 fore, of questionable value. 



Tetofsky — A Russian variety imported in 1835 by the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Wealthy — Grown around 1860 by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn., from 

 M. X robusta* seed. 



Winesap — Origin of cultivar unknown to author. 



Wolf River— Originated on the farm of W. A. Springer, Wolf River, Wis., 

 before 1875. 



