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Herefordshire Russet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1975 by Mr Hugh Ermen, Faversham, Kent. Introduced in 2003 by Frank P. Matthews Ltd., Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Fruits are crisp with a sweet subacid flavour
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession No.
1994 - 017
- Accession name
- Herefordshire Russet
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
2nd MayFull (80%) flowering
10th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 57.38 mm 1
- Width
- 63.68 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- high-very high 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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