Webb's Kitchen Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. This particular variety seems indistinguishable from Webb's Kitchen Russet. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Accession name
Webb's Kitchen Russet
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register