Cultivar 528: Arabskoe

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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no

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Claim Types: selection_origin_reference:3, description_snippet:2, anecdote_snippet:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, hardiness_code_expansion:1, storage_duration:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON

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Arabskoe is a Russian apple noted in early northwestern literature and later prairie reference works. A South Dakota bulletin listed it among varieties that had drawn special attention in the Northwest. A later Prairie Canada directory listed it through Skinner's Nursery and marked it (nied.), linking it to niedzwetzkyana material. [S1] [S2]

The northwestern bulletin gives the fuller fruit description. It describes the fruit as round, green, and overspread with dull purplish red, with numerous white dots, a small deep cavity, a short stout stem, and a broad shallow wrinkled basin. The flesh is white, coarse, and loose, with an acid flavor. The season is winter. C. G. Patten reportedly considered it similar to Duchess in appearance and quality, though not quite so large or so acid. [S2]

Tree information is limited. One source says it blighted badly under Patten's conditions. [S2] Hardiness is not stated directly here. Its inclusion in both a northwestern hardy apple study and a Prairie Canada directory shows that it was discussed in cold climate fruit literature, but the packet does not give a firm zone rating or a clear statement about winter survival. [S1] [S2]

Its broader place in the archive remains unclear. The prairie source classifies Arabskoe as CR, meaning crabapple or applecrab, and connects it to Skinner's Nursery. The older bulletin describes a larger fruit and also places Arabskoe in an identification key under white fleshed apples. No parentage, breeder, or release date is given here. [S1] [S2]

Summary source basis

This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.

Featured source descriptions

“Skinner's Nursery is cited.”
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“Arabskoe is one of ten varieties for which descriptions were adopted because of special attention in the northwest.”
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“Cavity small, deep; stem short, stout; basin broad, shallow, wrinkled, strongly pubescent; calyx closed, small.”
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“Arabskoe of Tuttle.”
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Related cultivars mentioned in source context

Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size

Cold Hardiness

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14A Study of Northwestern Applesunknown900p12 p27Cavity small and deep; stem short/stout; basin broad, shallow, wrinkled, strongly pubescent; calyx closed and small.; Observer note: tree blights badly with Mr. Patten.; Season: winter.; Flesh white, coarse, loose; flavo
3Edible Apples in Prairie Canadaunknown400p15Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter.; Associated with Skinner's Nursery.; Marked as nied., indicating niedzwe

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14p27description_snippetCavity small and deep; stem short/stout; basin broad, shallow, wrinkled, strongly pubescent; calyx closed and small.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27anecdote_snippetObserver note: tree blights badly with Mr. Patten.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27storage_durationSeason: winter.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27flavor_profileFlesh white, coarse, loose; flavor described as acid.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27fruit_colorColor green, overspread with dull purplish red, with numerous white dots.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27fruit_sizeForm round; body details suggest compact fruit type compared with neighboring descriptors.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27entry_pedigreeAnnotated as "Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6."'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p27selection_origin_referenceOrigin: Russia.'' ARAB SKO E. DESCRIPTI ON : Arabskoe-Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6; form, ro und ; color , green, overspread with dull purplish red , numerous white dots ; cavity, small, deep; stem, short , stout ; basin , broad, shallowpage_block:0.90
14p12selection_origin_referenceListed among the ten additional varieties adopted for northwest special attention."... Beautiful Arcade, Zuzoff, Arabskoe."page_block:0.90
3p15description_snippetListed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).Arabskoe (nied.) Skinner's Nursery.page_block:0.90
3p15hardiness_code_expansionCR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter.Arabskoe (nied.) Skinner's Nursery.page_block:0.90
3p15selection_origin_referenceAssociated with Skinner's Nursery.Arabskoe (nied.) Skinner's Nursery.page_block:0.90
3p15taxon_contextMarked as nied., indicating niedzwetzkyana-related material.Arabskoe (nied.) Skinner's Nursery.page_block:0.90

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Evidence Claims

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description_snippetCavity small and deep; stem short/stout; basin broad, shallow, wrinkled, strongly pubescent; calyx closed and small.0.90
anecdote_snippetObserver note: tree blights badly with Mr. Patten.0.95
storage_durationSeason: winter.0.93
flavor_profileFlesh white, coarse, loose; flavor described as acid.0.90
fruit_colorColor green, overspread with dull purplish red, with numerous white dots.0.91
fruit_sizeForm round; body details suggest compact fruit type compared with neighboring descriptors.0.72
entry_pedigreeAnnotated as "Arabskoe of Tuttle-Size, 6."0.91
selection_origin_referenceOrigin: Russia.0.97
selection_origin_referenceListed among the ten additional varieties adopted for northwest special attention.0.94
description_snippetListed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).0.96
hardiness_code_expansionCR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter.0.72
selection_origin_referenceAssociated with Skinner's Nursery.0.86
taxon_contextMarked as nied., indicating niedzwetzkyana-related material.0.87

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