McDonald Spurred Red

Origin and History

McDonald Spurred Red was received from Frank McDonald of West Summerland, British Columbia, via the Summerland Research Station. The variety was documented by H.H. Fisher of the USDA Agricultural Research Service in A Survey of Apple Clones in the United States (1963). It was assigned station numbers AP-H-319 and AP-H-320 and evaluated at the Agricultural Research Service Irrigation Experiment Station in Prosser, Washington.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

The variety was maintained under two distinct station designations (AP-H-319 and AP-H-320) at the Prosser, Washington evaluation station, suggesting either duplicate accessions or clonal variants tracked separately within the USDA collection system.