Titovka (Titus Riga)
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Titovka (Titus Riga)
Origin/History
Russia. Described as "a large, beautifully colored apple."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Size: Large; oblong, truncated, regular shape.
Skin: Surface smooth, very unctuous. Ground color yellow, mostly covered with fine marbled red; carmine splashes and stripes. Dots minute, white, obscure, few.
Stem: Very short.
Cavity: Very deep, acute; yellow.
Basin: Deep, very abrupt; corrugations in bottom.
Calyx: Closed; segments small, erect convergent.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellow, juicy, subacid; flavor good.
Core and Seeds: Core wide open, sessile, clasping, roundish oblate. Cells obovate, roomy, widely slit. Tube funnel-shaped. Stamens median. Seeds few, short, plump; several minute imperfect seeds.
Season
September, October (following Duchess in season).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Source: N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 6 catalogs (1890–1909) from Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
- William H. Moon Co. , Morrisville, Bucks County , Pennsylvania — 1890 — listed as Sitovka
- Rogers Nursery Co. , Moorestown , New Jersey — 1893 — listed as Sitovka
- Reading Nursery , Jacob W. Manning, Proprietor, Reading , Massachusetts — 1898 — listed as Sitovka
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1899 — listed as Sitovka
- Brown Brothers Co. , Continental Nurseries, Rochester, NY (also operated from Toronto, Canada) — 1901 — listed as Sitovka
- Wm. J. Corse (successor to Robert Sinclair / Sinclair Nurseries) , Baltimore , Maryland — 1909 — listed as Sitovka
View original book sources (1)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Titovka (Titus Riga)—Origin, Russia; a large, beautifully colored apple, following Duchess in season—Fruit large, oblong, truncated, regular; surface smooth, very unctuous, yellow, mostly covered with fine marbled red, with carmine splashes and stripes; dots minute, white, obscure, few; cavity very deep, acute, yellow; stem very short; basin deep, very abrupt, with corrugations in bottom; calyx closed, segments small, erect convergent. Core wide open, sessile, clasping, roundish oblate; cells obovate, roomy, widely slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds few, short, plump, several minute imperfect seeds; flesh yellow, juicy, subacid, good. September, October.