Blackwood

Apple

Origin/History Imported from Russia.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Color: Resembles Anisim closely in form and color.

Core: Core outline large but very indistinct.

Seeds: Few in number, flat, very large.

Flesh and Flavor: Pleasant, juicy, subacid.

Season Later than Anisim.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other The source designates the variety as "Blackwood (58 Vor.)" — the meaning of "58 Vor." is unexplained, possibly a catalog classification or numbering system from Hansen's study.

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

View original book sources (1)

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)

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