The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Russia

Korobovka

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

Originated in Russia. It was described in 1855. Awarded the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1896 under its synonym name ‘Cardinal’. Fruits have soft, white flesh with a sweet, vinous flavour.

Sources

  1. Korobovka (accession 1949 - 169), 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 august); the other names.
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589085 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.
  • 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

  • Photograph of d'Eylau apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, on the tree.

    d'Eylau

    Russia, by about 1812

  • Dolgo

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

    Russia, 1897

All 23 varieties from Russia