Clinton
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Clinton
Origin / History
Clinton resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and Green Newtown made in 1898 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. Breeding record number 3150, seedling number 86. Selected in 1910 from a population of 12 seedlings, because fruits from the 1909 harvest showed very good keeping quality in the spring of 1910. Introduced in 1914, at the same time that 11 other new cultivars were named. Named for Clinton County, New York. The breeding work was described by Hedrick and Wellington; Clinton was described by Hedrick, and trees were distributed to fruit growers in 1914. In 1967 no Clinton trees were in the Station's apple cultivar orchard, and probably no trees of it existed anywhere. This Clinton is a different cultivar from the ornamental crab Clinton grown at the Illinois Experiment Station in 1963.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Very good keeping quality, shown by fruits of the 1909 harvest in the spring of 1910.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— Roger D. Way, Apple Cultivars Introduced by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914–1968 (1971)Clinton
Clinton resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and Green Newtown which was made in 1898. The breeding record number was 3150, and the seedling number was 86. It was selected in 1910 from a population of 12 seedlings. It was selected because fruits from the 1909 harvest demonstrated very good keeping quality in the spring of 1910. It was introduced in 1914 (Table 2), at the same time that 11 other new cultivars were named (See Broome). It was named for Clinton County, New York. In 1967, no Clinton trees were in the Station's apple cultivar orchard and probably no trees of it existed anywhere.
The breeding work which led to the origin of Clinton was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94).
Clinton was described by Hedrick and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1914 (87).
This Clinton is a different cultivar from the ornamental crab, Clinton, which was grown at the Illinois Experiment Station in 1963 (79). Because no Clinton trees were known to be living in 1969, it is not discussed any further here.