Aport Orient
AppleAport Orient
Origin / History
Of Russian origin. Budd and Hansen (1914) call it "One of the best of the Alexander type." Beach (1905) describes it as "A Russian apple, large, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red, striped and splashed with dark crimson, very attractive but coarse-grained and inferior in quality," and does not recommend it for New York state. Hansen (1902) enters a separate "Aport (No. 23 M)," imported from Russia, of the Aport type, and resembling Alexander closely.
Tree
Comes into bearing rather young and gives full crops in alternate years (Beach).
Fruit
Size: Large.
Form: Oblong, regular, slightly tapering.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Acute, narrow, wavy, russeted.
Calyx: Open, large. Tube conical, very small and short; stamens basal.
Basin: Abrupt, wavy.
Skin: Greenish yellow (yellow, Beach), mostly covered with rather dull mixed red, with dark crimson stripes and splashes. Very attractive in appearance (Beach).
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellow, coarse-grained. Mild subacid. Quality fair (Hansen); "inferior in quality" (Beach).
Core and seeds: Core half open, meeting.
Season
August. Begins to ripen about the middle of August (Beach).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Aport Orient—Origin, Russia—Fruit large, oblong, regular, slightly tapering; surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with rather dull mixed red with dark crimson stripes and splashes; cavity acute, narrow, wavy, russeted; stem short; basin abrupt, wavy; calyx open, large. Core half open, meeting; tube conical, very small and short; stamens basal; flesh yellow, coarse grained, mild subacid, fair. August.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Aport (No. 23 M)", pp. 26–26]
Aport (No. 23 M)—Imported from Russia—Of the Aport type and resembles Alexander closely.
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)APORT ORIENT.
REFERENCES. 1. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 8:73. 1881-82. 2. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1882:78. 3. Budd, Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1883:130. 4. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 9:82. 1883. fig. 5. Budd, Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1885:9. 6. Schroeder, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 12:72. 1886-87. 7. Budd, Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1890:24. 8. Ib., Ia. Sta. Bul., 19:538. 1892. 9. (?) Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:579. 1894. 10. Budd, Ia. Sta. Bul., 41:71. 1899. 11. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1902:83. 12. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bul., 76:26. 1902. 13. Budd-Hansen, 1903:39.
SYNONYMS. Aport (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13). Aport Orient (8, 10). (Aport Oriental, 9)? No. 12 Orel (7). No. 252 (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11). 23 M (1, 2, 3). Oporto (4).
A Russian apple, large, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red, striped and splashed with dark crimson, very attractive but coarse-grained and inferior in quality. It begins to ripen about the middle of August. The tree comes into bearing rather young and gives full crops in alternate years. Not recommended for New York state.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Aport Orient.— Origin, Russia. One of the best of the Alexander type. Fruit large, oblong, regular, slightly tapering; surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with rather dull mixed red, with dark crimson stripes and splashes; cavity acute, narrow, wavy, russeted; stem short; basin abrupt, wavy; calyx open, large. Core half open, meeting; tube conical, very small and short; stamens basal; flesh yellow, coarse-grained, mild subacid, fair. August.