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Boiler

Apple

Boiler

Origin and History

Boiler is a bud mutation of McIntosh, received by the USDA ARS in 1956 from Arthur Boiler of Sodus, New York. The variety was also documented by the New York State Fruit Testing Association at their Geneva station.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

The Boiler is more highly colored than its McIntosh parent.

Additional physical details regarding size, form, stem, cavity, calyx, basin, skin texture, flesh characteristics, and seeds are not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Other

Station Numbers: AP-H-334; N5854

Reporting Stations: InL (Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana); NjB (Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey); NyG (Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York); MnS (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota); WaP (Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington)

Test Results: Years negative on R12740-7A

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Variety: Boiler. Received from: Arthur Boiler, Sodus, N.Y., 1956. Reported Comments: Bud mutation of McIntosh. More highly colored. Additional source: N.Y. State Fruit Testing Association, Geneva, N.Y. Station Numbers: AP-H-334; N5854. Reporting Stations: InL (Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana), NjB (Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey), NyG (Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York), MnS (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota), WaP (Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington). Years negative on R12740-7A.

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