Anderson
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Anderson
Origin/History
Anderson is a Jonathan sport. Multiple accessions were documented in a 1963 USDA survey of apple clones in the United States. One accession originated from E. Heuser at Hill Top Nursery, Hartford, Michigan (station number AP-H-388). A second accession came from Greening Nursery, Monroe, Michigan.
Fruit
Form and Color: Anderson is described as a Jonathan type with red coloring and yellow undercolor. Reports from the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Illinois and Purdue University noted that a greater proportion of fruit is covered with red color compared to standard Jonathan, with positive identification on R12740-7A.
Other characteristics: Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Three separate accessions were documented in the 1963 survey:
AP-H-388 (Hill Top Nursery, Hartford, Michigan): Reported by the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York.
University of Illinois/Purdue University accession: Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. This accession showed notably greater red color coverage.
Greening Nursery accession (Monroe, Michigan): Reported by the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1894) from Oregon
- Woodburn Nurseries , Woodburn, Marion Co. , Oregon — 1894
View original book sources (1)
— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Anderson is listed under the group Jonathan Sports. One accession was received from E. Heuser, Hill Top Nursery, Hartford, Michigan, with station number AP-H-388; it was described as a Jonathan type, red with yellow undercolor, and reported by the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York. A second set of reports, from the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana (footnote 5), noted that a greater proportion of fruit is covered with red color, and recorded positive on R12740-7A. A third accession was received from Greening Nursery, Monroe, Michigan, and reported by the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan.