Meaning of Antonovka | Babel Free

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An apple cultivar, noted for a strong acidic flavour and ability to sustain harsh winters.

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“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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