Volume 30 Number 1 Article 9 Pages: 12-12
Year 1976 Month 1
Title: Late Blooming in Apple
Author: J.M. Thompson Citation
Abstract:
At Blairsville, Georgia, in the Appalachian
Mountains (el. 20001), a
sampling of approximately 500 cultivars
of Malus syloestris, Mill. showed
bloom date variability of at least a
month.
The earliest, 'Caroline Hopkins',
bloomed 7 days before the standard
variety, 'Red Delicious'; whereas
the latest, 'Spatbluhender', bloomed
24 days after the standard.
Preliminary evidence from an Upper
Coastal Plain location, Byron,
Georgia ( el. 650'), indicates even
greater disparities in all years with
the greatest spreads being associated
with the interaction of warm winters
with cultivars having a high chilling
requirement.
Inheritance data are being gathered,
but all results must be considered to
be tentative.
