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Morris's Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Morris at Brentford, England. Described in 1851. Fruits have firm, tender flesh with a subacid, sweet, aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 63.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
Accession No.
1947 - 046
- Accession name
- Morris's Russet
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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