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Clear Heart

Apple

Clear Heart

Origin and History

Clear Heart was received by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1953 from Ireland. The variety was also received from Glenn Dale, Maryland. It was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 206022 and Station number 100.

The variety was evaluated and reported upon by multiple U.S. agricultural institutions: the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland; the Agricultural Research Service in Wenatchee, Washington; the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Maine in Orono; Purdue University's Agricultural Experiment Station in Lafayette, Indiana; the Agricultural Experiment Station Department of Pomology at Geneva, New York; and the Agricultural Experiment Station at Pennsylvania State University in University Park.

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Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Clear Heart. USDA Plant Introduction number 206022. Received from Ireland, 1953; also received from Glenn Dale, Maryland. Station number 100. Reported by: U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland; Agricultural Research Service, Box 99, P.O. Annex 103, Wenatchee, Washington; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine; Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

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