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Green Russet

Apple

Green 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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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.

— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)