Antonovka

English Noun An apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters. en 2003 David Shraer-Petrov Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and America Syracuse University Press 9780815607649 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. en 2004 Sven A. Linholm Orbits. Volume I : on Becoming a Man : a Novel Trafford Publishing 9781412046374 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. en 2011 Chittaranjan Kole Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Temperate Fruits Springer Science & Business Media 9783642160578 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. Translations apple cultivar Polish: pl Antonówka f, pl antonówka f en Apple cultivars