Webb's Kitchen Russet

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 736   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. This particular variety seems indistinguishable from Webb's Kitchen Russet. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Webb's Kitchen Russet

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register