The Yankee originated as a chance seedling on property of E. E. Hunt,
Riverside, Conn. It was first propagated by Dr. J. Russell Smith,
Swarthmore, Penna., in northern Virginia by whom it was first catalogued
in 1935. The writer has seen no specimens but according to Dr. Smith,
the size and other features are very good. The parent tree is said to
bear well and to be hardy where it is located, which is not far from
Long Island Sound in the extreme southwestern corner of Connecticut.