Dauphin
AppleDauphin
Origin and History
Dauphin appears in the USDA apple germplasm records under two distinct accessions documented by H.H. Fisher's 1963 survey of apple clones in the United States.
The first recorded accession (USDA Plant Introduction number 144017) was received from Canada in 1942 and maintained at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, Maryland. No descriptive comments accompany this entry.
The second accession (station number AW1124) was received from Summit Nurseries in Stillwater, Minnesota, and maintained at the U.S. Horticultural Field Station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This accession is noted as an unknown crab seedling.
Tree
The Cheyenne-maintained accession (AW1124) is reported to be very hardy.
Fruit
Fruit of the Cheyenne accession (AW1124) is described as large.
Other
The existence of two separate USDA accessions suggests either independent introduction events or independent preservation of the same variety through different nursery sources. The second accession's classification as "unknown crab seedling" may reflect uncertainty about parentage rather than a definitive botanical classification.
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Dauphin is recorded under two entries. The first accession carries USDA Plant Introduction number 144017, received from Canada in 1942, with no reported comments and no station number, reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The second entry was received from Summit Nurseries, Stillwater, Minn., assigned station number AW1124, and reported by the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming; comments note it is an unknown crab seedling, with fruit large and tree very hardy.