Henry Clay
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Henry Clay
Origin and History
Henry Clay was reported to the USDA by the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. A second accession (station number A341257) was received from Stark Bros., Louisiana, Missouri, and subsequently reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; the Agricultural Experiment Station at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
A second accession of Henry Clay was maintained under USDA station number A341257, received from the commercial nursery Stark Bros., Louisiana, Missouri.
Other
No additional comments on record for the first accession from the University of Illinois. The variety was present in the USDA's apple clone survey as of 1963.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 9 catalogs (1898–1932) from Illinois, Missouri
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1898
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1906
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1910
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1911
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1912
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
- Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. , Louisiana , Missouri — 1918
- Stark Bro's Nurseries , Louisiana , Missouri — 1932
View original book sources (1)
— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Henry Clay. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, with no additional comments on record. A second accession was received from Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo., and assigned station number A341257; it was reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming.