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Cortland apples
Cortland apples

Cortland is a cultivar of apple. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 684 pixel, file size: 156 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cortland apple File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 684 pixel, file size: 156 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cortland apple File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Binomial name Borkh. ...


After the many attributes of McIntosh were discovered, plant breeders began crossing it with other varieties to enhance its traits. One of the earliest was the Cortland, combined with the Ben Davis variety. Its flavor is sweet compared to McIntosh, and it has a flush of crimson against a pale yellow background sprinkled with short, dark red stripes and gray-green dots. This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Ben Davis apple is an apple variety originating in the American South. ... Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some blue, resulting in a tiny degree of purple. ...


Cortland has very white flesh and is an excellent dessert apple.


This all purpose apple was developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, USA in 1898. The apple was named after nearby Cortland County, New York. The campus of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, New York, is an integral part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University. ... Geneva is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. ... Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...


Some recent variants of Cortland apples which have received plant patents in the United States include PP10049 and PP04800. The work of the American botanist, horticulturalist, and pioneer of agricultural science, Luther Burbank, helped spur on the 1930 Plant Patent Act four years after his death. ...


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EJPAU 2002. PIERZYNOWSKA-KORNIAK G., ZADERNOWSKI R., FORNAL J., NESTEROWICZ J. THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF SELECTED APPLE ... (1518 words)
The selection of new apple cultivars for common utilisation (farming) is aimed at the improvement of tree breeding properties, fruit sensory properties and storage utility including endurance to mechanical forces during harvest and fruit transportation.
The apple tissue samples were extracted from apple fruit with the use of a cork borer with a 10 mm diameter from an intensively red-coloured part of a fruit.
Apple skin and its waxy coat are of significant importance during transportation and storage.
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