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Voronesh Cross is a Russian apple listed in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin, A Study of Northwestern Apples. The entry gives the abbreviation "Vor. Cross" and describes it as a large, late apple with strongly ribbed, irregular fruit and good subacid flesh. [S1]
Its origin is listed only as Russia. The name suggests a cross-designated apple, but the source gives no direct parentage, breeder, institution, or release date. [S1]
The fruit is large, oblate, irregular, and deeply ribbed. The skin is greenish yellow, shaded bright red, and obscurely splashed and striped. The cavity is deep and ribbed, with much stellate russet. The basin is shallow and uneven, with irregular ribs and wrinkles of different sizes. [S1]
The flesh is white, juicy, subacid, and rated good. The source gives its season as October and later, suggesting a late autumn or storage apple in the bulletin's northwestern trial context. [S1]
Other descriptor lines note a closed calyx, erect convergent segments, a slightly open clasping core, ovate slit cells, a funnel-shaped tube, median stamens, and large, numerous, flattened, pointed seeds. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is stated. Its inclusion in a South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin on northwestern apples, along with its Russian origin, places it among apples considered for cold northern growing conditions. The packet does not give a winter survival claim. [S1]
The main uncertainty is its genealogy. "Cross" may indicate a hybrid or cross origin, but the source does not identify the parents. OCR artifacts are present, though the Voronesh Cross entry is clear enough for the main fruit description. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Cavity ribbed, deep, with considerable stellate russet; stem short; basin shallow, with large and small, irregular ribs and wrinkles; calyx closed; segments erect convergent.”
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“Core slightly open, clasping; cells ovate, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds large, many, flattened, pointed.”
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“Voronesh Cross includes seeds large, many, flattened, with basin ribbing.”
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“Flesh white, juicy, subacid, good.”
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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 | p112 p143 | Voronesh Cross includes seeds large, many, flattened, with basin ribbing.; Cross-form designation suggests hybrid/cross lineage context.; Ripening/availability stated as October and later.; Flesh is white, juicy, subacid |
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| 14 | p143 | description_snippet | Voronesh Cross includes seeds large, many, flattened, with basin ribbing. | Season summer to early winter; Seeds large, many, flattened, basin ribbed ... Voronesh Cross | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p143 | entry_pedigree | Cross-form designation suggests hybrid/cross lineage context. | Season summer to early winter; Seeds large, many, flattened, basin ribbed ... Voronesh Cross | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | storage_duration | Ripening/availability stated as October and later. | Voronesh Cross ( Vor. Cross )-Orig in, Russia-Fruit large, oblate, irregular and deeply ribhed; surface greenish yellow, shaded with bright red ; ... October and later. ... flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white, juicy, subacid, and good. | Voronesh Cross ( Vor. Cross )-Orig in, Russia-Fruit large, oblate, irregular and deeply ribhed; surface greenish yellow, shaded with bright red ; ... October and later. ... flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | description_snippet | Fruit described as oblate, irregular, deeply ribbed; skin greenish-yellow with bright red striping/splashes; cavity deep with stellate russet; basin shallow with irregular ribs. | Voronesh Cross ( Vor. Cross )-Orig in, Russia-Fruit large, oblate, irregular and deeply ribhed; surface greenish yellow, shaded with bright red ; ... October and later. ... flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | fruit_size | Fruit is large. | Voronesh Cross ( Vor. Cross )-Orig in, Russia-Fruit large, oblate, irregular and deeply ribhed; surface greenish yellow, shaded with bright red ; ... October and later. ... flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p112 | selection_origin_reference | Origin listed as Russia, with an abbreviation form "Vor. Cross". | Voronesh Cross ( Vor. Cross )-Orig in, Russia-Fruit large, oblate, irregular and deeply ribhed; surface greenish yellow, shaded with bright red ; ... October and later. ... flesh white, juicy, subacid, good. | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Voronesh Cross includes seeds large, many, flattened, with basin ribbing. | 0.93 |
| entry_pedigree | Cross-form designation suggests hybrid/cross lineage context. | 0.67 |
| storage_duration | Ripening/availability stated as October and later. | 0.88 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white, juicy, subacid, and good. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Fruit described as oblate, irregular, deeply ribbed; skin greenish-yellow with bright red striping/splashes; cavity deep with stellate russet; basin shallow with irregular ribs. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is large. | 0.96 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin listed as Russia, with an abbreviation form "Vor. Cross". | 0.98 |
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