Green Russet
AppleGreen Russet
Origin/History
Specimens examined from Reuben Ragan. Origin designation: [N. C.] (likely North Carolina).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size & Form: Quite large, globular, slightly oblate, regular.
Surface: Yellow, blushed dull red. Dots green, indented, with russet veining.
Stem & Cavity: Stem medium, thick. Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown.
Calyx & Basin: Basin medium, regular. Eye medium, open.
Flesh & Flavor: Flesh yellowish white, breaking, granular. Flavor sub-acid.
Core & Seeds: Core regular, wide, closed, clasping. Axis short. Seeds numerous, plump, dark.
Season
December, January.
Uses
Culinary use. Quality: only good.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Green Russet.— [N. C.]
Specimens from Reuben Ragan.
Fruit quite large, globular, slightly oblate, regular; Surface yellow, blushed dull red; Dots green, indented, russet veined.
Basin medium, regular; Eye medium, open.
Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem medium, thick.
Core regular, wide, closed, clasping; Axis short; Seeds numerous, plump, dark; Flesh yellowish white, breaking, granular; Flavor sub-acid; Quality only good, for culinary use; Season, December, January.