The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Russia

d'Eylau

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

Said to have been brought to France in about 1812 from Eylau, Russia, by a soldier of the Grand Army. Fruits have soft, dry flesh with an insipid flavour.

Sources

  1. d'Eylau (accession 1947 - 174), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.
  • Coloured plate of Anis apples from A. Hrebnicki.

    Anis

    An old Volga folk apple whose clones bear small, bloom-dusted red fruit; Anis Polosaty has an anise-like scent

    Russia

  • Watercolour painting of Antonovka apples by Henry G. Van Deman.

    Antonovka

    Central Russia's old folk apple, prized for its scent and hardiness; DNA shows Schmidt's Antonovka is the same variety

    Russia, by 1826

  • Watercolour painting of Aport apples by Mary Daisy Arnold.

    Aport

    An old Russian apple, known in the West as Alexander, that became the celebrated Aport of Almaty after 1865

    Russia, late 18th century

  • Photograph of Bellefleur Krasny apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, one cut across.

    Bellefleur Krasny

    Russia, 1914

  • Photograph of Bessemyanka Michurina apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, one cut across.

    Bessemyanka Michurina

    Russia, 1912

  • Photograph of Byeloborodovka apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, one cut across.

    Byeloborodovka

    Russia, by 1842

  • Dolgo

    A Siberian crab brought from Russia to South Dakota in 1897 and introduced in 1917 for its ruby-red jelly

    Russia, 1897

  • Watercolour painting of Duchess of Oldenburg apples by James Marion Shull.

    Duchess of Oldenburg

    Borovinka at home; its hardiness in prairie test winters led Americans to import more Russian apples

    Russia, 1700s or earlier

All 23 varieties from Russia