Aport Orient
AppleAport Orient
Origin/History
A Russian apple with a record in North American pomological literature dating to 1881–82, when it appeared in Montreal Horticultural Society reports and Iowa Agricultural College bulletins. Budd and Hansen, writing in 1903 and again in 1914, describe it as one of the best of the Alexander type.
Tree
The tree comes into bearing rather young and gives full crops in alternate years. Not otherwise described in sources.
Fruit
Size and Form
Fruit large, oblong, regular, slightly tapering.
Stem
Short.
Cavity
Acute, narrow, wavy, russeted.
Calyx
Open, large.
Basin
Abrupt, wavy.
Skin
Surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with rather dull mixed red, with dark crimson stripes and splashes. Beach describes the overall appearance as very attractive.
Flesh and Flavor
Flesh yellow, coarse-grained, mild subacid, fair in quality. Beach characterizes the fruit as inferior in quality, while Budd and Hansen rate it as one of the best of the Alexander type — the latter judgment likely reflecting standing within that class rather than against the full range of varieties.
Core and Seeds
Core half open, meeting. Tube conical, very small and short. Stamens basal.
Season
Ripens about the middle of August.
Uses
Primarily a fresh or early market apple. Beach does not recommend it for New York state, citing its coarse grain and inferior quality despite attractive appearance.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in sources.
Other
Not described in sources.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
View original book sources (3)
— 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.
— 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.
— 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.