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Kemp

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Kemp

Origin/History: Received from Ireland in 1953. Plant Introduction (PI) No. 206030. Accessioned at Glenn Dale, Maryland, in 1956. Evaluated at multiple USDA reporting stations.

Fruit: Large, oblate form. Skin yellow. Flesh firm, creamy, and slightly acid; quality rated as fair.

Season: Early September.

Tree: Not described in source.

Uses: Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.

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Kemp

PI No. 206030. Received from Ireland 1953. Reporting Sta.: MdG. Received from Glenn Dale, Md. 1956. Fr. lge., oblate, yel. skin. Flesh firm, creamy, sa., fair. Early Sept. Reporting Sta.: NyG.

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