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Bowyer's Russet

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Bowyer's Russet

Origin & History

An English variety, valued for dessert use in its native country.

Tree

Healthy and productive.

Fruit

Form and Size: Small, roundish conical.

Skin: Yellowish, russeted.

Flesh: Yellowish white, crisp, brisk, aromatic.

Season

September.

Uses

Dessert.


Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900 revised edition). [Originally cited from Lindley.]

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Bowyer's Russet.

An English variety. Valuable for dessert there in September. Tree healthy and productive.

Fruit small, roundish conical, yellowish, russeted. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, brisk, aromatic. September. (Lind.)

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