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Sweet Borovinka is a Russian apple cultivar recorded by N. E. Hansen in the 1902 South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples as entry No. 874. The source lists it as a named apple cultivar in northwestern trial material and gives its origin as Russia. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, angular, and ribbed. The skin is yellow with dull red stripes or splashes, obscure small white dots, and notable russeting into the cavity and sometimes around the base. [S1]
The flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, and very sweet. Its quality is called good. The main entry gives the season as August. A later compact list links Sweet Borovinka with a heavily russeted cavity and places it under a midwinter-to-spring season heading. That may reflect table structure or OCR uncertainty, so August is the clearer season statement. [S1]
The available record gives no breeder, parentage, release date, tree habit, disease behavior, or direct cold-hardiness zone. Its Russian origin and inclusion in a South Dakota bulletin on northwestern apples make it relevant to cold-region apple history, but the packet gives no direct winter survival evidence for Sweet Borovinka itself. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Origin is listed as Russia.”
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“Sweet Borovinka is listed with a much-russeted cavity descriptor.”
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“Flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, and very sweet.”
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“Harvest period includes August.”
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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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | p102 p143 | Sweet Borovinka is listed with a much-russeted cavity descriptor.; Harvest period includes August.; Flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, and very sweet.; Skin noted as yellow with dull red stripes/splashes, white obsc |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 14 | p143 | description_snippet | Sweet Borovinka is listed with a much-russeted cavity descriptor. | Season midwinter to spring; Cavity much russeted ... Sweet Borovinka | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | recommendation_context | Harvest period includes August. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, and very sweet. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | fruit_color | Skin noted as yellow with dull red stripes/splashes, white obscure minute dots, and substantial russeting into cavity and sometimes the base. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | fruit_size | Fruit is medium and described as roundish oblate with variable conical tendencies and angular/ribbed shape. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | entry_location | Entry listed as No. 874. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p102 | selection_origin_reference | Origin is listed as Russia. | Sweet Borovink a (N o. 874)- Origin, Russia-Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, irregular, somewhat angular and ribbed ... flesh white, firm , moderately juicy, very sweet, good. August. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Sweet Borovinka is listed with a much-russeted cavity descriptor. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Harvest period includes August. | 0.91 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, and very sweet. | 0.92 |
| fruit_color | Skin noted as yellow with dull red stripes/splashes, white obscure minute dots, and substantial russeting into cavity and sometimes the base. | 0.89 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is medium and described as roundish oblate with variable conical tendencies and angular/ribbed shape. | 0.93 |
| entry_location | Entry listed as No. 874. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin is listed as Russia. | 0.94 |
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