Moscow (No. 380)
AppleMoscow (No. 380)
Origin and History
Origin: Russia. Classified as a Lowland Raspberry type apple.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or below; roundish oblate.
Skin: Surface smooth. Striped, splashed, and marbled bright crimson and carmine. Dots white, minute, scattered, very obscure.
Cavity: Rather shallow, mostly a little russeted.
Stem: Short, stout.
Basin: Irregular, folded and wrinkled.
Calyx: Closed.
Core and Seeds: Core closed. Seeds short, plump, closely packed in cells.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, fine grained, very juicy. Subacid, very good.
Season
Early August.
Uses
Table or kitchen.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Source: N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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 — listed as Moscow
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— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Moscow (No. 380)-Origin, Russia. A beautiful apple of Lowland Raspberry type-Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate; surface smooth, striped, splashed and marbled bright crimson and carmine; dots white, minute, scattered, very obscure; cavity rather shallow, mostly a little russeted; stem short, stout; basin irregular, folded and wrinkled; calyx closed. Core closed; seeds short, plump, closely packed in cells; flesh white, fine grained, very juicy, subacid, very good. Table or kitchen. Early August.