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Bitterforest

Apple

Bitterforest

Origin and History

Bitterforest was introduced to the United States from Yugoslavia in 1947. Two accessions of the variety are recorded in the USDA collection:

  • USDA Plant Introduction number 160387, held at reporting station MdC
  • USDA Plant Introduction number 160388, held at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (MdG)

Tree

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Fruit

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Book Sources

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Bitterforest. Two accessions of this variety are recorded. The first carries USDA Plant Introduction number 160387, was received from Yugoslavia in 1947, and is held at reporting station MdC. The second carries USDA Plant Introduction number 160388, was received from Yugoslavia in 1947, and is held at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland (MdG).

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