Kendall
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Kendall
Origin and History
Kendall is a hybrid variety derived from a cross between McIntosh and Zusoff. It was introduced in 1932 and received by the USDA from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, New York. The variety was distributed and evaluated across numerous state agricultural experiment stations in the United States, including institutions in New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Oregon, North Dakota, Ohio, Iowa, and Connecticut. Station identification numbers 3616 and N5864 are associated with Kendall.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large; round to oblate in shape.
Skin: Covered with red attractive stripes. One account describes the fruit as large and oblate with dull dark red coloration.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish-green in color, semi-firm in texture, subacid in taste. Flavor is rated as fair.
Season: Ripens with McIntosh.
Uses
Noted as productive for fruit.
Other
Multiple introductions and source locations are documented: received from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, New York; from R. L. Wodarz, Wyndmere, North Dakota (described as a large red apple for fruit production); from Bountiful Ridge Nursery, Princess Anne, Maryland; from the Branch Experiment Station, Hood River, Oregon in 1947; and from the Agricultural Experiment Station at Ames, Iowa.
Tree characteristics, detailed cavity and calyx descriptions, basin form, and seed characteristics are not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— H.H. Fisher (USDA ARS), A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963)Kendall. Received from AES, Geneva, N.Y., introduced 1932. McIntosh × Zusoff. Fruit medium to large, round to oblate, covered with red attractive stripes. Flesh whitish-green, semi-firm, subacid, fair. Ripens with McIntosh. Station numbers 3616 and N5864. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine; Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, Minnesota; Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; and Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Received from R. L. Wodarz, Wyndmere, N.D. Large red apple for fruit productive. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. Received from Bountiful Ridge Nur., Princess Anne, Md. Fruit large, oblate, dull dark red. Flavor fair. Reported by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. Received from AES, Ames, Iowa. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Received from Branch Exp. Sta., Hood River, Ore., 1947. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Also reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.