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James Grieve, Red

Apple

James Grieve, Red

Origin and History

James Grieve, Red was documented in the USDA apple clones survey of 1963. One accession (USDA Plant Introduction number 246464) was received from Denmark in 1958, with reported English origin. Historical records associated with this accession note the alternate name Rosamund. A second accession of the same plant introduction number was subsequently received from Glenn Dale, Maryland (station number AP-H-368) and maintained at the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington.

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USDA Plant Introduction Records:

  • Plant Introduction number: 246464
  • First accession: received from Denmark in 1958 (English origin); reporting station: U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland
  • Second accession: received from Glenn Dale, Maryland; station number AP-H-368; held at Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington
  • Historical name notation: Rosamund

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James Grieve, Red. USDA Plant Introduction number 246464. One accession was received from Denmark in 1958 (of English origin); the reported comments record the name Rosamund. Reporting station: U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. A second accession of the same plant introduction number was received from Glenn Dale, Maryland, with station number AP-H-368, and is held at the Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington.

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