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Golden Russet of Western New York
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of English origin. It has been known since the mid 1700s. Fruits have fine-textured, firm, rather dry flesh with a sweet and pleasant nutty flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1952 - 120
- Accession name
- Golden Russet of Western New York
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 64.12 mm 1
- Width
- 69.09 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- high-very high 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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