Linda
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Linda
Origin and History
Linda is recorded in a 1963 USDA survey of apple clones in the United States. Material was maintained at three reporting stations: the Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey); the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (Wooster, Ohio); and the U.S. Horticultural Field Station (Cheyenne, Wyoming). The Ohio station received its material from E. D. Smith & Son, Canada. The Wyoming station received material from Sealer Wheeler of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada, catalogued under station accession number A38773.
Fruit
Form and Size: Medium-sized fruit, oblate to oblong in shape.
Skin: Red in color.
Flavor: Rated fair to good.
Tree
Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station material is noted as a seedling.
Other
Material held at Rutgers University provided no additional descriptive data beyond the variety's presence in the survey.
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)The variety Linda is recorded at three reporting stations. At the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, no additional data was provided. At the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, material was received from E. D. Smith & Son, Canada; the fruit is a seedling with medium-sized fruit, oblate to oblong in shape, red in color, with flavor rated fair to good. At the U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming, material was received from Sealer Wheeler, Rosthern, Sask., Canada, and is held under station accession number A38773.