Gros Bois
AppleGros Bois
Origin and History
Gros Bois was introduced to the United States from France in 1949. It was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 173981 and is held at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The accession (PI No. 173981) was distributed under Station Number 4 to multiple American agricultural research institutions, including the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Missouri, Columbia; the Department of Pomology at Cornell University's Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York; and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Book Sources
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Gros Bois was assigned USDA Plant Introduction number 173981. It was received from France in 1949 and is held at the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The same accession (PI No. 173981), received from Glenn Dale, Maryland, carries Station Number 4 and is reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey.