The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Belarus

Antonovka Grammovaya 600

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

Thought to be a sport of Antonovka. It was discovered by I.V. Michurin in Mogilev, Russia in 1888. Introduced in 1892. It produces larger fruit than Antonovka. Fruits have softish flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

  • Antonovka Grammovaya 600 Belarus, 1888
Antonovka Antonovka Grammovaya 600
Where Antonovka Grammovaya 600 came from. The lines lead to its parents: Antonovka (Russia).

Sources

  1. Antonovka Grammovaya 600 (accession 1975 - 339), 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 (mid september).