Edgewood
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Edgewood
Origin and History
Edgewood was received by the USDA Agricultural Research Service from multiple sources during the mid-twentieth century. The variety was obtained from Snyder Bros., Center Point, Iowa (station number A33623); from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; and from Mount Arbor Nursery, Shenandoah, Iowa. Mount Arbor Nursery reported Edgewood as a Jonathan × Salome cross. The variety was maintained at the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming; the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium-large, oblong to conical.
Skin: Medium red.
Flavor: Fair.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Edgewood. Received from Snyder Bros., Center Point, Iowa; station number A33623; reporting station U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Also held at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, and at "MjB". Received from AES, Ames, Iowa; reporting station Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Received from Mount Arbor Nursery, Shenandoah, Iowa; reported comments: Jonathan X Salome. Fruit medium-large, oblong to conical, medium red. Flavor fair. Reporting station Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio.