Aromatic Russet

Apple

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

Aromatic Russet

Origin/History English apple.

Tree Vigorous, upright, rather slender growth. Hardy and productive.

Fruit

Form and size: Medium, roundish, truncate conic.

Skin: Greenish, with a thin gray russet, and a tinge of dull red in the sun.

Flesh and flavor: Greenish white, firm, brisk, subacid, aromatic.

Season November, February.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

First described by Lindley.

View original book sources (1)

Aromatic Russet. An English Apple, of vigorous, upright, rather slender growth, hardy and productive. Fruit medium, roundish, truncate conic, greenish, with a thin gray russet, and a tinge of dull red in the sun. Flesh greenish white, firm, brisk, subacid, aromatic. November, February. (Lind.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)