Cross

Apple

Cross

Origin / History

Cross (No. 413 Dept.). Origin Russia; Thomas gives the Upper Volga. The Russian Nomenclature Commission called it the Cross Apple to distinguish it from Cross (15 M.). Prof. Budd suggests the name Large Anis for Cross 413, and Thomas heads it Large Anis (Cross). Budd and Hansen write that as the name Cross has long been given to another apple in Maryland, "it appears that Nos. 15 and 413 Dept. must be retained for the present." Thomas says it will prove valuable north of parallel 43°, where it will keep through the winter.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium to large; Thomas says large.

Form: Regular, oblate (Budd and Hansen); irregular conic (Thomas).

Stem: Short (Budd and Hansen); medium (Thomas).

Cavity: Deep (Thomas); regular, with a radiating patch of russet (Budd and Hansen).

Calyx: Half open. Tube conical; stamens median.

Basin: Wavy, abrupt, with fine wrinkles (Budd and Hansen); regular, deep (Thomas).

Skin: Yellow, mostly covered with mixed dark red and crimson splashes and stripes (Budd and Hansen); yellowish green, splashed and striped with red (Thomas).

Dots: Minute, white, obscure.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh white (Budd and Hansen), fine-grained (Thomas). Flavor pleasant subacid (Budd and Hansen), mild acid (Thomas). Quality "good" in both.

Core and seeds: Core closed, meeting. Seeds numerous, short, plump.

Season

Late fall (Budd and Hansen). Thomas says it keeps through the winter north of parallel 43°.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Illustrated in Thomas as Fig. 433.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Budd & Hansen, Systematic Pomology (1914) — listed as Cross (No. 413 Dept.)
Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903) — listed as Large Anis

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 — listed as Large Anis
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

View original book sources (2)

Large Anis (Cross.) Large, irregular conic; yellowish green, splashed and striped with red; cavity deep, stem medium, basin regular, deep; flesh fine-grained, mild acid, good. Will prove valuable north of parallel 43°, where it will keep through the winter. Fig. 433. From the Upper Volga, Russia.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Cross (No. 413 Dept.).—Origin, Russia.—The Russian Nomenclature Commission called this the Cross Apple to distinguish it from Cross (15 M.). Prof. Budd suggests the name Large Anis for Cross 413. As the name Cross has long been given to another apple in Maryland it appears that Nos. 15 and 413 Dept. must be retained for the present.

Fruit medium to large, regular, oblate; surface yellow, mostly covered with mixed dark red and crimson splashes and stripes; dots minute, white, obscure; cavity regular, with a radiating patch of russet; stem short; basin wavy, abrupt, with fine wrinkles; calyx half open. Core closed, meeting; tube conical; stamens median; seeds numerous, short, plump; flesh white, pleasant subacid, good. Late fall.

— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)

Large Anis Cross