Anoka

Apple

Anoka

Origin and History

Anoka is a cross of Mercer and Duchess.

Tree

The tree exhibits very early bearing with good yields and moderate growth habit. It is very hardy. The season is early.

Not described in source: bark, twigs, lenticels, buds, leaf characteristics, or detailed growth form.

Fruit

Size and Form

Medium-sized.

Skin

Red striping.

Flavor and Quality

Tart. Quality is rated as poor.

Season and Storage

Early season. The fruit does not store.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Flesh, and Seeds

Not described in source.

Uses

Culinary.

Other

Multiple accessions of Anoka were evaluated at different U.S. horticultural stations during the USDA survey:

One accession from North Platte, Nebraska, reported by the Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota. Station NdS reported: early summer, very hardy.
One accession from the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota, reported by both the South Dakota station and Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
One accession (station number A32915) from the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota, reported by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
One accession from Scarff's Nursery, New Carlisle, Ohio, reported by the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
One accession from Inter-State Nursery, Hamburg, Iowa, reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Fisher, A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)

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Anoka is a cross of Mercer and Duchess. The fruit is medium-sized, with red striping, tart, culinary in use, of poor quality, and does not store. The tree is very hardy, with very early bearing, good yields, and moderate growth; the season is early. One accession was received from North Platte, Nebraska, and reported on by the Northern Great Plains Field Station, Box 203, Mandan, North Dakota. A second accession was received from the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota, and reported on by the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. A third accession was received from the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota, under station number A32915, and reported on by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming. A fourth accession was received from Scarff's Nursery, New Carlisle, Ohio, and reported on by the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan. A fifth accession was received from Inter-State Nursery, Hamburg, Iowa, and reported on by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Station NdS reported: early summer, very hardy.

— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)