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Apple varieties, United States

Hazen

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised in Mandan, North Dakota, USA by Neal S. Holland at the Department of Horticulture, North Dakota State University, Fargo, and USDA. Introduced in 1980. It was named after the nearby town Hazen and Dean Arlon Hazen, the Director of North Dakota Experiment Station. Fruits have fairly firm, slightly coarse, juicy flesh with a mild, subacid flavour. Said to be fairly resistant to Fireblight.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Hazen United States, by 1980
- Seed parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
- Pollen parent Starking United States, 1921
  - Sport of Delicious United States, 1872
    - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Where Hazen came from.

Sources

Hazen (accession 1981 - 026), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late august).