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Gallen

Apple

Gallen

Origin and History

Gallen was received by the United States Department of Agriculture from Finland in 1955, as reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland. The variety was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 224609.

Distribution and Institutional Holdings

As of 1963, Gallen was maintained at multiple agricultural research institutions across the United States under the single accession PI No. 224609, with the following station numbers and locations:

  • Pennsylvania State University, Agricultural Experiment Station, University Park, Pennsylvania (N5797)
  • Rutgers University, Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey (A57101)
  • Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (AP-H-289)
  • University of Illinois, Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, Illinois (125)
  • University of Minnesota, Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota (102)
  • U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming (VtS)
  • Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington
  • Agricultural Research Service, Wenatchee, Washington

Tree

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Fruit

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Uses

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Subtypes and Variants

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Other

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Book Sources

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Gallen. USDA Plant Introduction number 224609, received from Finland in 1955, as reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The same accession (PI No. 224609) was also received from Glenn Dale, Maryland, and is held under station numbers N5797, A57101, AP-H-289, 125, and 102 by the following reporting stations: the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; MjG; the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota; the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming; the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington; VtS; and the Agricultural Research Service, Box 99, P.O. Annex 103, Wenatchee, Washington.

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