Otsego
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Otsego
Origin / History
Otsego resulted from a cross made in 1898 between Ben Davis and McIntosh. It was a sister seedling of Cortland. The breeding record number was 3138, and the seedling number was 82. It was selected in 1911 from a population of 11 seedlings. It was introduced in 1914 along with 11 other new cultivars named at the same time (see Broome). It was named for Otsego County, New York. The breeding work which led to the origin of Otsego was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94). Hedrick described the variety, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1914 (87). During the 20-year period prior to 1968, no Otsego trees were in the Station's apple cultivar test orchard, and probably no trees of it were living anywhere. No Otsego trees were known to be living in 1969.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
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Uses
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Subtypes / Variants
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Other
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Book Sources
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— Roger D. Way, Apple Cultivars Introduced by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914–1968 (1971)Otsego
Otsego resulted from a cross made in 1898, Ben Davis x McIntosh. It was a sister seedling of Cortland. The breeding record number was 3138, and the seedling number was 82. It was selected in 1911 from a population of 11 seedlings. It was introduced in 1914 (Table 2), along with 11 other new cultivars named at the same time (see Broome). It was named for Otsego County, New York. During the 20-year period prior to 1968, no Otsego trees were in the Station's apple cultivar test orchard and probably no trees of it were living anywhere. The breeding work which led to the origin of Otsego was described by Hedrick and Wellington (94). It was described by Hedrick, and trees of it were distributed to fruit growers in 1914 (87). Because no Otsego trees were known to be living in 1969, it is not discussed any further here.