Webb's Kitchen Russet
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Recorded 1872.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
variable, intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex to straight b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
some red flush b
Russet Type
netted and solid russet b
Flesh Colour
greenish cream b
Flesh Texture
fine, soft b
Flavour
subacid, sweet b
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 a
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
fine a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register