Old Somerset Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Received by NFT 1949 (but much older). From Berkshire, Wokingham, England. Grown by Pope Bros., nurserymen.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat b
Height
49.00 mm b
Width
60.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak-medium b
Greasiness
Weak b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949, but known many years earlier. Grown by Pope Bros., nurserymen of Wokingham, Berkshire. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Accession name
Old Somerset Russet
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register