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Anaros is a prairie crabapple from an Antonovka seedling and is linked to the Experimental Farm at Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Sources describe it as vigorous and very hardy. It stayed in use both as a fruiting crabapple and as a stembuilder for topworked apples. Sources place its Rosthern record in 1935 or 1936. One later reference says it was formerly known as Rosthern #2. [S1] [S3] [S4]
The fruit is small, about 3.5 cm or roughly 1 1/4 inches across. It is round to oblate, with yellow to orange skin that is often washed or striped red to crimson, and yellow flesh. Sources agree that it is crisp and acid, with pleasant or good quality, but not a highly refined dessert apple. Prairie references recommend it for canning, jelly, and processing. [S1] [S3] [S4]
Its season is given as September, though sources differ on whether it ripens early, late, or in late September. They agree that it does not store well and is not a keeper. [S1] [S3] [S4]
The tree is described as vigorous, spreading, and very hardy. That hardiness made Anaros useful in prairie grafting work as a stembuilder. Morden test reports state that no injury occurred on either the frame or topworked branches after the severe winters of 1966 and 1967. One source also reports low fireblight concern, including a note that Coutts considered it similar to Mecca but without fireblight. [S1] [S2] [S4]
Anaros matters in prairie fruit history less as a dessert apple and more as durable Antonovka derived working stock. It was a hardy crabapple that could bear useful fruit, serve processing uses, and help carry less hardy apples through prairie winters. The available sources do not give a fuller named breeder story, but they consistently place it in the Rosthern prairie selection tradition. [S1] [S2] [S3] [S4]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 3 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Experimental Farm, Rosthern, Saskatchewan.”
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“Formerly Rosthern #2.”
— [1]
“No injury occurred on the frame or on topworked apple branches after the 1966 and 1967 test winters.”
— [2]
“Marked CR.”
— [1]
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 14 | 0 | 0 | p15 | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; Fireblight code listed as FB1-2; hardiness code listed as H1.; CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter.; Ref Smit |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | entry_hardiness_observation | Fireblight code listed as FB1-2; hardiness code listed as H1. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | hardiness_code_expansion | CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | source_reference_abbreviation | Ref Smithfield. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | anecdote_snippet | Coutts reportedly said it was good in the 1930s and like Mecca but with no fireblight. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Formerly Rosthern #2. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | rootstock_compatibility | Used as a stem builder; described as among the healthiest and hardiest crabapples for overbudding. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | growth_habit | Vigorous. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | culinary_use | Good for canning and jelly. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | storage_duration | Ripens early September but will not keep in storage. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | fruit_color | Fruit orange; flesh yellow. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | fruit_size | Fruit 3.5 cm. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | breeder_reference | Associated with Rosthern, dated 1936. | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | entry_pedigree | Parentage/origin given as Antonovka seedling (sdlg = seedling). | Anaros (Antonovka sdlg) Rosthern (1936) Fruit 3.5cm, orange. Flesh yellow. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | 0.96 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Fireblight code listed as FB1-2; hardiness code listed as H1. | 0.92 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.99 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Ref Smithfield. | 0.92 |
| anecdote_snippet | Coutts reportedly said it was good in the 1930s and like Mecca but with no fireblight. | 0.82 |
| description_snippet | Formerly Rosthern #2. | 0.91 |
| rootstock_compatibility | Used as a stem builder; described as among the healthiest and hardiest crabapples for overbudding. | 0.89 |
| growth_habit | Vigorous. | 0.93 |
| culinary_use | Good for canning and jelly. | 0.97 |
| storage_duration | Ripens early September but will not keep in storage. | 0.97 |
| fruit_color | Fruit orange; flesh yellow. | 0.96 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 3.5 cm. | 0.98 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Rosthern, dated 1936. | 0.95 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage/origin given as Antonovka seedling (sdlg = seedling). | 0.98 |
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