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Rosemary Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in England. First described in 1831. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a rather acid and good flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Benskin's Russet, Buzzan, Rosemary, Rosemary Apple
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 55.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- high-very high 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1973 - 143
- Accession name
- Rosemary Russet (LA 65A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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