Arrow
AppleArrow
Origin and History
Arrow (USDA Plant Introduction No. 148703) was received from Canada in 1944. It is a seedling of Malus sylvestris variety Niedzwetzkyana, as reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Fruit is very small.
Skin: Almost all red.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh is red, very astringent, with no quality.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Early October.
Uses
Shows promise as a hardy framework variety.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The same accession (USDA Plant Introduction No. 148703) was evaluated by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The variety is being indexed.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Arrow (USDA Plant Introduction No. 148703) was received from Canada in 1944 and is a seedling of M. sylvestris variety Niedzwetzkyana, as reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The same accession (USDA Plant Introduction No. 148703), received from Glenn Dale, Maryland, was evaluated by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, who report the following: fruit is very small, almost all red; flesh is red, very astringent, with no quality; season is early October; shows promise as a hardy framework variety; being indexed.