Blue Anis
AppleBlue Anis
Origin / History
Origin, Russia (Hansen). Budd and Hansen's later manual repeats the description and refers the reader to Anis, p. 37.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Roundish, tapering, angular.
Stem: Short, touching a long lower part of the cavity.
Cavity: Regular, acute, deep, narrow, with russet patch.
Calyx: Closed. Tube conical; stamens median.
Basin: Narrow, abrupt, rather shallow, corrugated and wrinkled.
Skin: Thin, semi-transparent; pale yellow to yellowish white, splashed with bright crimson on sunny side.
Dots: Very minute, white, obscure.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, juicy, fine grained; pleasant subacid; good.
Core and seeds: Core half open, meeting.
Season
Fall.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Blue Anis—Origin, Russia—Fruit small, roundish, tapering, angular; skin thin, semi-transparent; pale yellow to yellowish white, splashed with bright crimson on sunny side; dots very minute, white, obscure; cavity regular, acute, deep, narrow, with russet patch; stem short, touching a long lower part of cavity; basin narrow, abrupt, rather shallow, corrugated and wrinkled; calyx closed; core half open, meeting; tube conical; stamens median; flesh white, juicy, fine grained, pleasant subacid, good. Fall.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Blue Anis. — Origin, Russia. (See Anis, p. 37.) Fruit small, roundish, tapering, angular; skin thin, semi-transparent, and pale yellow to yellowish white, splashed with bright crimson on sunny side; dots very minute, white, obscure; cavity regular, acute, deep, narrow, with russet patch; stem short, touching along lower part of cavity; basin narrow, abrupt, rather shallow, corrugated and wrinkled; calyx closed. Core half open, meeting; tube conical; stamens median; flesh white, juicy, fine-grained, pleasant subacid, good. Fall.