French Russet

Apple

Origin and History

An established old variety, previously described in earlier pomological works including Ronalds.

Fruit

Size: medium Form: globular Skin: yellowish with faint red coloring in the sun; considerably russeted Flesh: white, tender, subacid

Uses

Sauce and cooking fruit.

Season

November through January.

Tree

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)

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French Russet.

French Pippin.

This old Apple is described in Ronalds as a sauce or cooking fruit of medium size, globular, yellowish, with faint red in the sun, considerably russeted. Flesh white, tender, subacid. November, January.

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

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