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Kievskoe is a Russian apple cultivar described by N. E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen compares the fruit with true Romna, but says the tree habit differs. Kievskoe has a roundish, somewhat flattened top, while Romna is quite upright. [S1]
The fruit is large, very regular, and conical. The skin is green with a dull bronze blush on the sunny side and many small russet dots. The cavity is narrow and acuminate, with radiating russet. The basin is narrow and regular. Hansen describes the flesh as white, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid, and good. [S1]
Kievskoe is listed as a winter apple. A later classification page in the same bulletin places it among apples for midwinter to spring use. It also repeats the distinctive seed note: about thirteen seeds, short and plump. [S1]
The available source gives no breeder, release year, nursery, or direct parentage. Its origin is given only as Russia. No zone rating or direct winter survival statement is provided. Its cold-climate relevance rests on its inclusion in Hansen's northwestern apple study, not on a direct hardiness claim. [S1]
The source treats Kievskoe as an apple cultivar in the general Malus cultivar sequence. The supplied evidence documents no species-hybrid subgroup, descendants, or breeding use. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet; cavity regular, acuminate, narrow, with radiating russet; stem medium; basin abrupt, narrow, regular, medium; calyx open, segments divergent.”
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“Core closed, sessile; cells axile, ovate, slit, large, rounded; tube conical; stamens median; seeds thirteen, short, plump.”
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“Listed under tube conical; stamens median, in the core-closed subsection.”
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“Seeds about 13, short, plump.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p64 p140 | Seed count around 13, short and plump.; Cavity regular, acuminate, narrow with radiating russet; core closed sessile with cells axile, ovate, slit, large, rounded; seeds thirteen short plump.; Winter use/keeping category |
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| 14 | p140 | description_snippet | Seed count around 13, short and plump. | seeds about 13, short, plump ... Kievskoe | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | description_snippet | Cavity regular, acuminate, narrow with radiating russet; core closed sessile with cells axile, ovate, slit, large, rounded; seeds thirteen short plump. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | storage_duration | Winter use/keeping category noted as Winter. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | flavor_profile | Juicy and pleasant, mild subacid, good. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | fruit_color | Surface green with dull bronze blush on sunny side and roughening by many minute russet dots. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | fruit_size | Fruit described as very regular, conical, and large. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | anecdote_snippet | Compared to true Romna: tree is roundish and somewhat flattened on top; Romna described as upright. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p64 | selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as Russia. | Kievskoe—Origin, Russia. Fruit much like true Romna, but ‘tree has a roundish, somewhat flattened top while Romna is quite upright in habit.’—Fruit large, very regular, conical; surface green, with dull bronze blush on s | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Seed count around 13, short and plump. | 0.89 |
| description_snippet | Cavity regular, acuminate, narrow with radiating russet; core closed sessile with cells axile, ovate, slit, large, rounded; seeds thirteen short plump. | 0.92 |
| storage_duration | Winter use/keeping category noted as Winter. | 0.94 |
| flavor_profile | Juicy and pleasant, mild subacid, good. | 0.94 |
| fruit_color | Surface green with dull bronze blush on sunny side and roughening by many minute russet dots. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as very regular, conical, and large. | 0.95 |
| anecdote_snippet | Compared to true Romna: tree is roundish and somewhat flattened on top; Romna described as upright. | 0.93 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as Russia. | 0.99 |
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