Raspberry
AppleRaspberry
Origin / History
A Russian apple (Beach; Hansen; Thomas; Budd-Hansen). Referenced in pomological literature from the 1880s onward, with citations including Iowa Horticultural Society reports (1883), Montreal Horticultural Society reports (1883, 1886), Iowa Agricultural College Bulletin (1885), U.S. Pomological Report (1891), American Pomological Society Catalogue (1899), and South Dakota Station Bulletin 76 (1902). Hansen notes it is a good substitute for Red June where that variety winter-kills (Beach; Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Tree
Tree hardy and healthy (Thomas). Exceedingly productive (Hansen; Budd-Hansen); very productive (Hansen).
Fruit
Size
Small (all sources).
Form
Oblong, obscurely angular, somewhat flattened at ends (Hansen; Budd-Hansen). Oblong truncated (Thomas).
Stem
Medium to long (Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Cavity
Regular, shallow to nearly flat, slightly russeted (Hansen; Budd-Hansen). Narrow (Thomas).
Calyx
Closed; segments long, reflexed (Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Basin
Nearly flat, with about five prominences around the eye (Hansen; Budd-Hansen). Wide, almost flat (Thomas).
Skin
Surface a fine solid dark red, like a highly colored Red June (Hansen; Budd-Hansen); fine dark red (Beach). Thomas describes it as yellow, covered rosy red. Dots very minute, white, obscure, many (Hansen; Budd-Hansen). The variety is said to resemble Red June (Thomas).
Flesh / Flavor
Sprightly subacid, juicy, much stained throughout with the same beautiful color as the skin, very good (Hansen; Budd-Hansen). White stained with red; sub-acid, juicy, sprightly, best (Thomas). Sprightly subacid (Beach).
Core / Seeds
Core open; cells ovate, slit; seeds about twelve, short, plump (Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Season
July and August (Beach; Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Uses
Recommended as a substitute for Red June in regions where Red June winter-kills (Beach; Hansen; Budd-Hansen).
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Carried as "No. 288" in some references (Beach citing Iowa Agr. Coll. Bul. 1885, U.S. Pom. Rpt. 1891, and Hansen S.D. Sta. Bul. 76). Illustrated as Fig. 394 in Thomas (1903); illustrations also appear in Thomas (1897), Hansen (1902), and Budd-Hansen (1903).
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1900–1901) from Illinois
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
View original book sources (4)
— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 2 (1905)RASPBERRY.
REFERENCES. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:435. 2. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:90. 3. Ia. Agr. Coll. Bul., 1885:11. 4. Schroeder, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886:77. 5. U. S. Pom. Rpt., 1891:390. 6. Thomas, 1897:252. fig. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1899:19. 8. Hansen, S. D. Sta. Bul., 76:89. 1902. fig. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:159. fig.
SYNONYMS. MALINOWSKOE (1, 2). Malinowskoe (3). No. 288 (3, 5, 8). RASPBERRY (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Raspberry (1, 2). [illegible in OCR] (6).
A Russian apple, small, fine dark red, sprightly subacid; season July and August. Hansen states (8, 9) that it is exceedingly productive and a good substitute for Red June where that variety winter-kills.
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Raspberry (No. 288)—Origin, Russia; very productive; a good substitute for Red June where the latter winter-kills—Fruit small, oblong, obscurely angular, somewhat flattened at ends; surface a fine solid dark red (like a highly colored Red June); dots very minute, white, obscure, many; cavity regular, shallow to nearly flat, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin nearly flat with about five prominences around the eye; calyx closed; segments long, reflexed. Core open; cells ovate, slit; seeds short, plump, about twelve; flesh sprightly subacid, juicy, much stained throughout with the same beautiful color as the skin, very good. July, August.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Raspberry. (Red Cheek.) Small, oblong truncated; yellow, covered rosy red; cavity narrow; basin wide, almost flat; flesh white stained with red; sub-acid, juicy, sprightly, best. Resembles Red June. Tree hardy and healthy. Russian. Fig. 394.
— J.L. Budd & N.E. Hansen, American Horticultural Manual, Part II: Systematic Pomology (1914)Raspberry. — Origin, Russia; exceedingly productive and a good substitute for Red June where that variety winter-kills.
Fruit small, oblong, obscurely angular, somewhat flattened at ends; surface a fine solid dark red (like a highly colored Red June); dots very minute, white, obscure, many; cavity regular, shallow to nearly flat, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin nearly flat, with about five prominences around the eye; calyx closed; segments long, reflexed. Core open; cells ovate, slit; seeds about twelve, short, plump; flesh sprightly subacid, juicy, much stained throughout with the same beautiful color as the skin, very good. July, August.