Sklanka

Apple

Sklanka

Origin and History

Origin, Russia. Specimens described from material collected by Dewain Cook of Jefferis, Minnesota. The variety is noted as being much like the Grandmother apple.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, nearly regular, roundish oblate, conical.

Skin: Surface yellow, with bronzed red on the sunny side. Dots are obscure, numerous, and minute.

Cavity: Narrow and regular, acuminate, with a large radiating patch of russet extending out over the base.

Stem: Short, deeply inserted.

Basin: Abrupt, smooth, nearly cup-shaped.

Calyx: Open; segments large and divergent.

Core and Seeds: Core closed, meeting. Cells ovate to roundish ovate, entire. Tube conical. Stamens basal. Pistils long and stout.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, acid, good for cooking.

Season

Late fall.

Uses

Good for cooking.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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

View original book sources (1)

Sklanka—Origin, Russia; specimens from Dewain Cook, Jefferis, Minnesota. Much like Grandmother—Fruit large, nearly regular, roundish oblate, conical; surface yellow, with bronzed red on sunny side; dots obscure, numerous, minute; cavity narrow, regular, acuminate, large radiating patch of russet out over base; stem short, deeply inserted; basin abrupt, smooth, nearly cup-shaped; calyx open, segments large, divergent. Core closed, meeting; cells ovate to roundish ovate, entire; tube conical; stamens basal; pistils long and stout; flesh whitish, acid, good for cooking. Late fall.

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