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Calros

Crab Apple

Calros

Origin and History

Calros was received by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1945 from Bouphen Nursery in Manitoba, Canada. It is a seedling of Blush Calville. The variety was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 151253 and given the internal station accession number A49419.

Fruit

Size and form: Medium size; crab apple.

Other characteristics: Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Storage and Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Book Sources

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Calros was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 151253 and was received from Canada in 1945, sourced from Bouphen Nur., Manitoba, Canada. It is a seedling of Blush Calville. The fruit is medium size, crab. Internal station accession number A49419. Reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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