Lodi originated at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, and was introduced in 1924. It is a cross of Montgomery × Yellow Transparent. The fruit is medium to large, round, slightly conical; skin pale green or white. Flesh is white, acid, juicy, slightly soft. Good culinary quality. Ripens early August. Tree is of the Yellow Transparent type but large. Reported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Pomology, Geneva, New York (station number 2581), which received material from the originating station. The Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, Maine; Agricultural Research Service, Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Washington; Moxee Quarantine Station, Moxee, Washington; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; Ashland Spooner Peninsular Station, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin; and Graham Horticultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan all received the variety from the Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York (station numbers AP-H-88 and M-754), noting it as early fruiting and winter hardy. The Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio received material from Bountiful Ridge Nursery, Princess Anne, Maryland. The Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (station number 135) received it from Brookdale-Kingsway, Ltd., Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada in 1960. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania received it from Kelly Brothers, Dansville, New York. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa received it from Inter-State Nursery, Hamburg, Iowa. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon received it from Branch Experiment Station, Hood River, Oregon. The U.S. Horticultural Field Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming (station number A34307) received it from Greening Nursery Company, Monroe, Michigan. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas received material from a commercial nursery. The Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; and Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana also hold this variety.

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