Anisim—Origin, Russia. Tree a strong grower in nursery and orchard. The beautiful color of the fruit attracts favorable attention—Fruit below medium, roundish conical, slightly angular; surface greenish yellow, covered almost wholly with a beautiful dark crimson, with heavy blue bloom; dots white, minute; cavity regular, acute, usually slightly russeted; stem medium; basin narrow, very shallow, corrugated, sometimes flat; calyx closed. Core closed, clasping, tube short, broad; stamens median, flesh greenish white, with green veins, good. Early winter.

" ANISIM GROUP. Anisim; 14 M and 18 M of Budd; Zuzoff of Tuttle; Good Peasant of Patten; Borsdorfer of Wragg; Peterson's Anisim; Swedish Borsdorf of Patten. This variety is proving very valuable in Minnesota and other parts of the Northwest, and has been grown in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota under several different names as originally imported from Russia, but which now all give way to the name Anisim.

DESCRIPTION: Anisim—Size, 4½; form, roundish, inclining to conical; color, greenish ground nearly covered with a very dark red, with a bluish bloom with minute whitish dots; cavity, medium, slightly russeted, acute; stem, short, medium; basin, small, wrinkled, shallow; calyx, closed; flesh, white, fine grained, juicy; flavor, pleasant subacid; season, November to January; origin, Russia; tree, a prodigious bearer; young trees upright, spreading with age; limbs, long, slender, with a very strong shoulder; leave, narrow, pointed, dark green.

N. E. Hansen: At the agricultural fair at Kiev, Russia, last fall, I saw the true Anisim exhibited under a Russian name meaning "Beauty." I met some of the leading Russian pomologists, who are endeavoring to correct the nomenclature of their apples.

A. G. Tuttle: I find the trees of the true Anisim are strongly shouldered, similar to those of my Rawle's Genet before they winter-killed. Anisim is one of the very best nursery trees grown.

C. Wedge: The shoulder in the Anisim limbs is very characteristic." (Rus. Nom. Com.)

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

ANISIM.

REFERENCES. 1. Schroeder, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886-87:71. 2. Hoskins, Rural N. Y., 52:299. 1893. 3. Greene, Minn. Sta. Bul., 32:240. 1893. 4. Budd, Ia. Sta. Bul., 31:334. 1895. 5. Thomas, 1897:626. 6. Budd, Ia. Sta. Bul., 41:66, 69, 71. 1899. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1899:15. 8. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1902:83, 86, 95. 9. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bul., 76:23. 1902. fig. 10. Budd-Hansen, 1903:38. fig.

SYNONYMS. ANISIM (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Anisim of Peterson (9). Borsdorfer of Wragg (9). 18 M (3, 8, of Budd 9). 14 M of Budd (9). Good Peasant of Patten (9). Jonathan of the North (4). Swedish Borsdorf of Patten (9). Zusoff of Tuttle (9).

Hansen (9) reports that this Russian apple is proving very valuable in Minnesota and other parts of the Northwest. It may be of some value in those portions of New York state where superior hardiness is a prime requisite. Hansen's description is given below. "Tree a strong grower in the nursery and orchard and a prodigious bearer; young trees upright, spreading with age; limbs long, slender with a very strong shoulder; leaves narrow, pointed, dark green. The beautiful color of the fruit attracts favorable attention.— Fruit below medium, roundish conical, slightly angular; surface greenish-yellow, covered almost wholly with a beautiful dark crimson, with heavy blue bloom; dots white, minute; cavity regular, acute, usually slightly russeted; stem medium; basin narrow, very shallow, corrugated, sometimes flat; calyx closed. Core closed, clasping; tube short, broad; stamens median, flesh greenish white, with green veins, good. Early winter."

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)

Anisim.—Origin, Russia; tree a strong grower in nursery and orchard; the beautiful color of the fruit attracts favorable attention. Fruit below medium, roundish conical, slightly angular; surface greenish yellow, covered almost wholly with a beautiful dark crimson, with heavy blue bloom; dots white, minute; cavity regular, acute, usually slightly russeted; stem medium; basin narrow, very shallow, corrugated, sometimes flat; calyx closed. Core closed, clasping; tube short, broad; stamens median; flesh greenish white, with green veins, good. Early winter.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

ANISIM. According to N. E. Hansen, in charge of pomology at the South Dakota Experiment Station, Anisim is a most valuable apple in the northern states of the Great Plains. It seems not to be grown elsewhere in the United States. The variety is a Russian sort introduced into Canada about 1885. The following is the description given by Hansen: "Tree a strong grower in the nursery and orchard and a prodigious bearer; young trees upright, spreading with age; limbs long, slender with a very strong shoulder; leaves narrow, pointed, dark green. The beautiful color of the fruit attracts favorable attention. Fruit below medium, roundish-conical, slightly angular; surface greenish-yellow, covered almost wholly with a beautiful dark crimson, with heavy blue bloom; dots white, minute; cavity regular, acute, usually slightly russeted; stem medium; basin narrow, very shallow, corrugated, sometimes flat; calyx closed. Core closed, clasping; tube short, broad; stamens median; flesh greenish-white, with green veins, good; early winter."

— U.P. Hedrick, Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922)