Antonovka

Antonovka (plural Antonovkas)

1. An apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters.
   • 2003, David Shraer-Petrov, Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and America, Syracuse University Press →ISBN, page 10

     She looked at some apples, turned a few over, took a whiff of some others, but just couldn't make up her mind which to buy — it was as though her whole fate depended on it. She finally spied some golden ones with the fragrance of champagne — smooth round Antonovkas. And above them was the smiling, golden face of a Korean farmer.

   • 2004, Sven A. Linholm, Orbits. Volume I : on Becoming a Man : a Novel, Trafford Publishing →ISBN, page 70

     It was easy: a quick jump over a low stone wall, a dash past a few rows of berry bushes, and there it was— the cursed tree with its absurd apples. Large poison-green spheres with deeply scalloped bottoms: Antonovkas. They were a good eating apple, but Jarmo had no interest in them.

   • 2011, Chittaranjan Kole, Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Temperate Fruits, Springer Science & Business Media →ISBN, page 56

     With the appearance of scab races 6 and 7, major attention has been focused on other scab resistance factors, particularly the “Antonovka” selections and apple genotype R12740-7A (“Russian seedling”, RS), which are currently used in several apple-breeding programs.