Moscow (No. 380)
AppleMoscow (No. 380)
Origin / History
Origin, Russia. Described by N.E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium or below.
Form: Roundish oblate.
Stem: Short, stout.
Cavity: Rather shallow, mostly a little russeted.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Irregular, folded and wrinkled.
Skin: Surface smooth, striped, splashed and marbled bright crimson and carmine.
Dots: White, minute, scattered, very obscure.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, fine grained, very juicy, subacid, very good.
Core and seeds: Core closed. Seeds short, plump, closely packed in cells.
Season
Early August.
Uses
Table or kitchen.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
A beautiful apple of Lowland Raspberry type.
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.