Blackwood

Apple

Blackwood

Origin / History

Imported from Russia; listed by Hansen as "58 Vor."

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Not described in source.

Form: Resembles Anisim closely in form.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Resembles Anisim closely in color.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh pleasant, juicy, subacid.

Core and seeds: Core outline large but very indistinct. Seeds few, flat, very large.

Season

Later than Anisim.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from Illinois

Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Blackwood (58 Vor.)—Imported from Russia—It resembles Anisim closely in form and color. The core outline is large but very indistinct. Seeds few, flat, very large; flesh pleasant, jucy, subacid. Season later than Anisim.

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

58 Vor. Gov. list No. 407 Shro. to Ia. No. 19 Shro. to Ia. No. 19 Shro. to Ia. No. 53 Tchernoe Derevo Tchernoe dervo. Tchernoiderevo Tschernoe Drewo