Burlovka

Apple

Origin and History

Russia

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and form: Medium, oblate, often somewhat angular and furrowed.

Skin: Surface polished, yellow, often with bronze blush. Dots greenish white, obscure, numerous, suffused.

Stem: Long.

Cavity: Wide, regular, with a little russet.

Basin: Rather shallow, slightly corrugated.

Calyx: Small, long, closed.

Core and seeds: Core regular, closed, clasping. Tube long, conical. Stamens marginal. Seeds small, short, plump.

Flesh and flavor: White, fine grained, juicy, subacid, good.

Season

Last of July and August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Burlovka (No. 183)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, oblate, often somewhat angular and furrowed; surface polished, yellow, often with bronze blush; dots greenish white, obscure, numerous, suffused; cavity wide, regular, with a little russet; stem long; basin rather shallow, slightly corrugated; calyx small, long, closed. Core regular, closed, clasping; tube long, conical; stamens marginal; seeds small, short, plump; flesh white, fine grained, juicy, subacid, good. Last of July and August.

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

Burloffka Burlowka Gov. list No. 183