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Volga Cross is a Russian-origin apple recorded in N. E. Hansen's A Study of Northwestern Apples. The entry gives no breeder, release date, or parentage. It places the cultivar among late-season northwestern apple descriptions and gives its origin as Russia. [S1]
The fruit is large, very regular, and oblate truncated. The skin is clear waxen yellow, with many small russet dots and a few larger russet dots. The cavity is wide and deep, with a large stellate russet patch. The basin is wide, slightly ribbed, and nearly smooth, with an open calyx. [S1]
The flesh is yellowish white, firm, moderately juicy, and pleasantly subacid. Overall quality is rated good. The entry identifies Volga Cross as a winter apple, and a related classification page places it in a Midwinter to Spring context. [S1]
Pomological classification notes describe the tube as funnel shaped and the stamens as median. They also repeat the large, regular, oblate truncated fruit form. These are morphological descriptors, not evidence for origin or parentage. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is given. Its relevance to cold climate fruit history comes from its inclusion in a South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin on northwestern apples and its stated Russian origin, not from an explicit survival claim. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Cavity regular, wide, deep, with a large stellate russet patch; stem medium; basin wide, slightly ribbed, nearly smooth; calyx open.”
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“Core sessile; cells ovate, entire; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds many, small, plump, short.”
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“Listed under tube funnel-shaped; stamens median.”
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“Very regular, oblate truncated fruit.”
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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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | p112 p140 | Tubal form described as funnel-shaped with marginal? (OCR shows median) stamens; associated with large, very regular, oblate-truncated fruit.; Marked as a winter-use cultivar.; Flesh is yellowish white, firm, moderately |
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| 14 | p140 | description_snippet | Tubal form described as funnel-shaped with marginal? (OCR shows median) stamens; associated with large, very regular, oblate-truncated fruit. | Tube .funnel-shaped; stamens median ... Large, very regular, oblate truncated ... Volga Cross | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | storage_duration | Marked as a winter-use cultivar. | Volga Cross- Origin in , Russia-Fruit large, very regular, oblate truncated; surface clear waxen yellow; dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet, a few large russet dots; ... storage Winter. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | flavor_profile | Flesh is yellowish white, firm, moderately juicy, pleasant subacid, good. | Volga Cross- Origin in , Russia-Fruit large, very regular, oblate truncated; surface clear waxen yellow; dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet, a few large russet dots; ... storage Winter. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | description_snippet | Fruit is very regular and oblate-truncated with clear waxen yellow skin and minute russet dots, with a few larger russet dots. | Volga Cross- Origin in , Russia-Fruit large, very regular, oblate truncated; surface clear waxen yellow; dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet, a few large russet dots; ... storage Winter. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | fruit_size | Fruit described as large. | Volga Cross- Origin in , Russia-Fruit large, very regular, oblate truncated; surface clear waxen yellow; dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet, a few large russet dots; ... storage Winter. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | entry_location | Origin indicated as Russia. | Volga Cross- Origin in , Russia-Fruit large, very regular, oblate truncated; surface clear waxen yellow; dots distinct, numerous, minute, russet, a few large russet dots; ... storage Winter. | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Tubal form described as funnel-shaped with marginal? (OCR shows median) stamens; associated with large, very regular, oblate-truncated fruit. | 0.78 |
| storage_duration | Marked as a winter-use cultivar. | 0.89 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is yellowish white, firm, moderately juicy, pleasant subacid, good. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Fruit is very regular and oblate-truncated with clear waxen yellow skin and minute russet dots, with a few larger russet dots. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as large. | 0.97 |
| entry_location | Origin indicated as Russia. | 0.98 |
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