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Merton Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1921 at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England by M.B.Crane. It was named in 1943. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sturmer Pippin x Cox's Orange Pippin
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1935 - 002
- Accession name
- Merton Russet
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019