Saxonian

Apple

Origin and History

Russia

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate, slightly conical, obscurely angular.

Skin: Yellow, thinly striped and splashed red. Dots obscure, minute, white, many.

Stem: Medium.

Cavity: Deep, regular, obtuse, with a large patch of radiating russet extending out over the base.

Basin: Abrupt, with minute wrinkles.

Calyx: Closed, segments connivent.

Flesh and Flavor: White, acid.

Core and Seeds: Core closed, clasping. Cells round, slit. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens marginal. Seeds large, short, very plump.

Season

August.

Uses

Culinary.

Variants and Subtypes

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Saxonian (No. 437)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conical, obscurely angular; surface yellow, thinly striped and splashed red; dots obscure, minute, white, many; cavity deep, regular, obtuse, with a large patch of radiating russet extending out over the base; stem medium; basin abrupt, with minute wrinkles; calyx closed, segments connivent. Core closed, clasping; cells round, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds large, short, very plump; flesh white, acid, use culinary. August.

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