Herkimer
AppleHerkimer
Origin / History
Herkimer resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and Green Newtown, made in 1898. It was a sister seedling of Clinton. The breeding record number was 3150-4, and the seedling number was between 86 and 97. It was selected in 1906 from a population of 12 seedlings. It was introduced in 1914, along with 11 other new cultivars named at the same time. It was named for Herkimer County, New York.
The breeding work which led to the origin of Herkimer was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94). Herkimer was described by Hedrick, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1914 (87). From 1949 to 1968, no Herkimer trees were in the Station's apple cultivar test orchard, and probably no trees of it were living anywhere. No Herkimer trees were known to be living in 1968.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
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Uses
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Subtypes / Variants
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Other
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Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
View original book sources (1)
— Roger D. Way, Apple Cultivars Introduced by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914–1968 (1971)Herkimer
Herkimer resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and Green Newtown which was made in 1898. It was a sister seedling of Clinton. The breeding record number was 3150-4, and the seedling number was between 86 and 97. It was selected in 1906 from a population of 12 seedlings. It was introduced in 1914 (Table 2), along with 11 other new cultivars named at the same time (see Broome). It was named for Herkimer County, New York.
From 1949 to 1968, no Herkimer trees were in the Station's apple cultivar test orchard and probably no trees of it were living anywhere. The breeding work which led to the origin of Herkimer was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94). Herkimer was described by Hedrick, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1914 (87). Because no Herkimer trees were known to be living in 1968, it is not discussed any further here.