Onondaga

Apple

Onondaga

Origin / History

Onondaga resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and McIntosh made in 1898. The breeding record number was 3138, and the seedling number was 80. It was a sister seedling of Cortland. It was selected in 1911 from a population of 11 seedlings and introduced in 1915 along with five other cultivars. It was named for Onondaga County, New York.

The breeding work which led to the origin of Onondaga was described by Hedrick and Wellington. Onondaga was described by Hedrick, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1915.

No Onondaga trees were in the Station's apple cultivar orchard during the 20-year period prior to 1968, and probably no trees of it were living anywhere. No Onondaga trees were known to be living in 1969.

Tree

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Fruit

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Uses

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Other

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Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Way, Apple Cultivars Introduced by the N.Y. State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914–1968 (1971)

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Onondaga

Onondaga resulted from a cross between Ben Davis and McIntosh which was made in 1898. The breeding record number was 3138, and the seedling number was 80. It was a sister seedling of Cortland. It was selected in 1911 from a population of 11 seedlings. It was introduced in 1915 along with five other cultivars (Table 2). It was named for Onondaga County, New York. During the 20-year period prior to 1968, no Onondaga trees were in the Station's apple cultivar orchard and probably no trees of it were living anywhere.

The breeding work which led to the origin of Onondaga was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94). Onondaga was described by Hedrick, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1915 (88).

Because no Onondaga trees were known to be living in 1969, it is not discussed any further here.

— Roger D. Way, Apple Cultivars Introduced by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914–1968 (1971)

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