Revel Pigeon

Apple

Origin/History Russia.

Tree Upright growth habit with large leaves.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium to large, regular, round oblate, conic.

Surface (Skin): Very smooth and waxen. Clear greenish yellow, becoming white, with light red splashes and stripes on the sunny side.

Lenticels (Dots): Large, scattered, white, very obscure.

Cavity: Regular, medium depth, with a small irregular patch of russet.

Stem: Quite long and stout, sometimes with a fleshy ridge.

Basin: Small, very shallow, with fine wrinkles around the eye.

Calyx: Closed, with large segments.

Flesh and Flavor: White, breaking texture, juicy, sprightly subacid, very good.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season Last of July and first of August.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Revel Pigeon (No. 123)-Origin, Russia; tree upright with large leaves-Fruit medium to large, regular, round oblate, conic; surface very smooth and waxen, clear greenish yellow, becoming white, with light red splashes and stripes on sunny side; dots large, scattered, white, very obscure; cavity regular, medium, with small irregular patch of russet; stem quite long and stout, sometimes fleshy ridge; basin small, very shallow, fine wrinkles around the eye; calyx closed, segments large. Flesh white, breaking, juicy, sprightly subacid, very good. Last of July and first of August.

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

Revelskoe golubinoe Rgl. to Ia. No. 123 Shro. to Ia. No Shro. to Ia. No. 66 Taubenapfel Revaler