Bode
AppleBode
Origin/History
Bode is of Russian origin, listed as No. 385 in Hansen's classification. It is described as desirable for early summer use at the north.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium in size; the Russian Nomenclature Committee assigns it a size rating of 4. Oblate in form, somewhat angular, and sometimes unequal. The Russian Nomenclature Committee additionally characterizes the form as slightly oblique and a trifle angular.
Skin: Surface smooth and polished. Color yellowish white to white, rarely with a faint blush (Hansen; Budd & Hansen). The Russian Nomenclature Committee describes the color as greenish white. Dots large, white, and suffused; the Russian Nomenclature Committee refers to them as light dots, noting that the cavity russeting often over-runs onto them.
Stem: Thick and very short (Hansen; Budd & Hansen); short (Russian Nomenclature Committee).
Cavity: Described by Hansen and Budd & Hansen as wide and very shallow, green and russet in color. The Russian Nomenclature Committee describes it as rather small and medium deep, russeted and often over-running the light dots — conflicting with Hansen and Budd & Hansen on both width and depth.
Calyx: Closed, segments erect (Hansen; Budd & Hansen). The Russian Nomenclature Committee describes it as half open, segments erect.
Basin: Wide, wavy, with fine corrugations about the eye (Hansen; Budd & Hansen). The Russian Nomenclature Committee describes it as broad, medium deep, wrinkled, and wavy.
Flesh and Flavor: Snow white, juicy, subacid, and tender; quality rated good to very good (Hansen; Budd & Hansen). The Russian Nomenclature Committee describes the flesh as white, firm, and of medium fine grain, with flavor characterized as acid — conflicting with Hansen and Budd & Hansen on both texture (juicy/tender vs. firm) and acidity level (subacid vs. acid).
Core and Seeds: Core closed, meeting. Tube broad but very short. Stamens median.
Season
Early August (Hansen; Budd & Hansen); summer (Russian Nomenclature Committee).
Uses
Valued as an early summer variety for northern growing regions.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Bode (No. 385)—Origin, Russia, desirable for early summer at the North—Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat angular, sometimes unequal; surface smooth, polished, yellowish white to white, rarely with faint blush; dots large, white, suffused; cavity wide and very shallow, green and russet; stem thick, very short; basin wide, wavy, fine corrugations about the eye; calyx closed, segments erect. Core closed, meeting; tube broad but very short; stamens median; flesh snow white, juicy, subacid, tender, good to very good. Early August.
"BODE.
Description: Bode—Size, 4; form, oblate, slightly oblique, a trifle angular; color, greenish white, cavity russeted often over-running light dots; cavity, rather small, medium deep; stem, short; basin, broad, medium deep, wrinkled, wavy; calyx, half open, erect; flesh, white, firm, medium fine; flavor, acid; season, summer." (Rus. Nom. Com.)
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Bode (No. 385).—Origin, Russia; desirable for early summer at the north.
Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat angular, sometimes unequal; surface smooth, polished, yellowish white to white, rarely with faint blush; dots large, white, suffused; cavity wide and very shallow, green and russet; stem thick, very short; basin wide, wavy, fine corrugations about the eye; calyx closed; segments erect. Core closed, meeting; tube broad, but very short; stamens median; flesh snow-white, juicy, subacid, tender, good to very good. Early August.