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Brown Renting

Apple

Origin/History English dessert variety. Not further described in source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Above medium, roundish, slightly ribbed.

Skin: Yellowish with russet marblings; brown russet develops in the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, crisp, brisk, aromatic.

Season October to December.

Uses Dessert apple.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Brown Renting. An English dessert apple. Fruit above medium, roundish, slightly ribbed, yellowish, with russet marblings and brown russet in the sun. Flesh yellowish, crisp, brisk, aromatic. October to December. (Hogg.)

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