Cultivar 496: Adno

Adno is a standard apple of Russian origin that N. E. Hansen introduced in 1916 through the South Dakota station program. Hansen's 1927 bulletin describes it as a very handsome, large, red, subacid, productive late fall apple received from Russia. A later prairie directory gives the same description in shorter form. The name seems to have been provisional. Brookings station used Adno, said to be the Russian word for "one," until the true name could be determined. [S2] [S3]

The fruit is described as large, red, and subacid, with productive bearing and a late season. The Prairie Canada directory classifies it as a standard apple rather than a crabapple, which indicates fruit 5 cm or more in diameter. Beyond that, the cited sources are brief, so flesh texture, culinary use, and keeping quality are not described here. [S2] [S3]

Its cold climate record is mixed but useful. Hansen included Adno among imported Russian apples in a bulletin on hardy fruit for the prairie Northwest, which helps explain why it entered northern trials. A later prairie reference notes testing at Rosthern in the 1930s, but also rates it H3, or borderline hardy, rather than fully reliable under prairie conditions. [S1] [S2]

Adno matters less as a well documented cultivar than as a trace of Hansen's Russian introduction work. It remains in the archive as one of the named apples brought from Russia for northern testing, and its provisional name shows how incomplete some introduction records remained even after distribution. [S2] [S3]

Summary source basis

• S1: New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest
• S2: Edible Apples in Prairie Canada
• S3: Plant Introductions

This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.

Featured source descriptions

“Rosthern test in the 1930s is noted.”
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“Origin described as Russian.”
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“Reference points to Bulletin 224, page 8.”
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“Fruit sub-acid.”
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Source-story quotations

• Adno (Russian origin) Hansen (1916) STEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p13
• Adno (Russian origin) Hansen (1916) STEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p13
• Adno (Russian origin) Hansen (1916) STEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p13
• Adno (Russian origin) Hansen (1916) STEdible Apples in Prairie Canada, p13

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