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Imperial Red

Apple

Imperial Red

Origin and History

Imperial Red was received by the USDA from May Nursery Company in Yakima, Washington. The variety was reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, and subsequently by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, which also received stock from May Nursery Company in 1958.

Fruit

The fruit most nearly resembles Royal Red Delicious.

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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Fruit most nearly resembles Royal Red delicious. Received from Yakima, Wash., May Nur. Co.; reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Also received from May Nur. Co., 1958; reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

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