Kola
Crab AppleKola
Origin and History
Kola is a cross of Malus ioensis (Elk River) × Malus sylvestris (Oldenburg), maintained because of its ancestry. The variety was received by the USDA from the Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University (Station number A33389) under USDA Plant Introduction No. 127697 in 1938. It has been distributed among multiple agricultural research institutions, including the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming; the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland; Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Tree
The tree is vigorous and winter hardy. Kola is tetraploid.
Fruit
Size and Form: 2 inches, oblate.
Color: Green.
Flavor and Use: The fruit is inedible.
Other
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)Kola is a cross of M. ioensis (Elk River) × M. sylvestris (Oldenburg), maintained because of its ancestry. The fruit is 2 inches, oblate, green, and inedible. The tree is vigorous and winter hardy. Tetraploid. Received from AES, S. D. Station number: A33389. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, South Dakota, and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, P.O. Box 1250, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Also received under USDA Plant Introduction No. 127697 from AES, S. D. in 1938, and reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. Additionally received under USDA Plant Introduction No. 127697 from Glenn Dale, Md., and reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Also reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.