Vargul
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Vargul
Origin / History
Origin, Russia. Vargul closely resembles Antonovka and is perhaps identical with it. Specimens described in N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902), were received from J. B. Mitchell, Cresco, Iowa. In that study the variety is numbered No. 277.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Roundish, truncated, obscurely angular.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Deep, acute, with large patch of russet radiating out over base.
Calyx: Closed; segments long, large, erect convergent. Tube conical. Stamens basal.
Basin: Narrow, rather shallow, abrupt, wrinkled.
Skin: Surface uneven, yellow, with trace of faint blush.
Dots: Very minute, obscure, white, suffused.
Flesh and flavor: Whitish, juicy, sprightly subacid, good.
Core and seeds: Core closed, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit. Seeds rather few, short, plump.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Recorded as No. 277 in N.E. Hansen's numbering of the apples in A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Vargul (No. 277)—Origin, Russia; closely resembles Antonovka and perhaps identical with it. Specimens from J. B. Mitchell, Cresco, Iowa—Fruit large, roundish, truncated, obscurely angular; surface uneven, yellow, trace of faint blush; dots very minute, obscure, white, suffused; cavity deep, acute, with large patch of russet radiating out over base; stem short; basin narrow, rather shallow, abrupt, wrinkled; calyx closed, segments long, large, erect convergent. Core closed, barely clasping; cells ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens basal; seeds rather few, short, plump; flesh whitish, juicy, sprightly subacid, good.