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Roxbury Russet
Dessert apple
Originated in the early 1600s in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Fruits have firm, somewhat coarse, fairly tender flesh with a subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Belper Russet, Belpre Russet, Boston or Roxbury, Boston or Roxbury Russet, Boston Russet, English Russet, Hewe's Russet, Howe's Russet, Jusset, Manetta Russet, Mariett's Ruseet, Marietta Russet, Pitman's Russet, Pomme Russet, Putman, Putman Russet, Putman' Russet, Putman's Russet, Putnam Russet, Putnam Russet of Ohio, Reinette Rousse de Boston, Reinette von Roxbury, Renet Bostonskii, Rox, Rox Russet, Roxburg Russet, Roxbury, Roxbury Russeting, Ruginetta di Boston, Russet, Russete, Russeting, Schippen's Russet, Shippen's, Shippen's Russet, Shippeus Russet, Shippin's Russet, Sylvan Russet, Warner Russet, Warner's Russet
Flowering time:
7th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time: Mid October
Size: medium
Shape: Broad globose conical
Ribbing: weak
Ground Colour: Green
Over Colour: Brown
Over Colour Amount: absent
Over Colour Pattern: washed out
Russet: high-very high
Greasiness: Weak
Coarseness: coarse
Flesh Colour: White