Lobo
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Lobo
Origin and History
Lobo was received from E. D. Smith & Sons, Ltd., Winema, Ontario, Canada in 1927, and subsequently distributed among multiple North American agricultural experiment stations. A specimen was also received by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland in 1941 under USDA Plant Introduction number 143180. The variety is reported to be a seedling of McIntosh.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large, round, somewhat flattened.
Skin: Pale yellow with crimson flush.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Flesh and Flavor: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Lobo ripens approximately two weeks earlier than McIntosh.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Lobo has been maintained at or reported by the following institutions: Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York; Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; and the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. The variety closely resembles McIntosh in appearance.
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)Lobo. Received from E. D. Smith & Sons, Ltd., Winema, Ont., Canada, 1927, reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York: fruit medium to large, round, somewhat flattened; skin pale yellow with crimson flush. Also reported, with no additional comments, by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and the Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Received from AES, N.J., reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. USDA Plant Introduction number 143180, received from Canada, 1941, reported by the U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Maryland. Received from John Robertson, Hot Springs, S.D., station number A34521, reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York: seedling of McIntosh; resembles McI., ripening 2 wks. earlier.