Amisk

Origin and History

Amisk was introduced to the United States Department of Agriculture through two separate plant introductions from Canada. The first introduction, Plant Introduction Number 128398, was received from M. B. Davis, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1938, with Station Number A38671. This specimen was received at the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming. A second introduction, Plant Introduction Number 155450, was received from Canada in 1946 and was processed through the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The variety was documented in H.H. Fisher's A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (USDA ARS, 1963), which recorded two distinct accessions of Amisk maintained within the U.S. federal plant introduction system during the mid-twentieth century.