Antonovka
syn. Antenovka, Antoni, Antonifka, Antonovca, Antonovka obiknovennaia, Antonovka obyknovennaya, Antonovka prostaya, Antonovskoe yabloko, Antonowka, Antonowka Zwykla, Antony, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Dukhovoe, German Calville, King of the Steppe, Nalivia, Possart's Nalivia, Possarts Moskauer Nalivia, Possarts Nalivia, Russian Gravenstein, Vargul
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A Russian variety which arose in Kursk. Recorded in 1826. Fruits are crisp and juicy with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 2nd May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- prominent ribs at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- variable, flat to intermediate or tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 65-85 mm
- Russet type
- russet in stalk cavity
- Flesh colour
- creamy white
- Fruit height
- 50-75 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth
- Flesh texture
- soft, coarse
- Ground colour
- pale yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- n/a
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- n/a
Source · National Fruit Collection
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