Knox Russet
Apple
Knox Russet
Origin/History
Found in the orchard of J. Knox, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; trees obtained from near Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Origin otherwise unknown.
Tree
Habit spreading. Bearing: Warder reports very productive; Downing reports productive. Shoots slender.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small to medium, globular, somewhat conic, regular.
Skin: Surface smooth, yellow green, blushed, covered with light russet.
Stem: Long, red.
Cavity: Deep, acute, regular.
Calyx: Medium, open; segments reflexed.
Basin: Shallow, regular.
Core: Round, regular, slightly open, clasping the eye.
Seeds: Numerous, short, plump.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh yellow. Grain very fine (Warder); fine (Downing). Flavor mild subacid, aromatic. Quality good to very good.
Season
December–January.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— John A. Warder, American Pomology: Apples (1867)Knox Russet.
A very nice little apple, found in the orchard of J. Knox, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; trees obtained from near Greensburgh, Pennsylvania. Tree spreading, very productive; Shoots slender.
Fruit small to medium, globular, somewhat conic, regular; Surface smooth, yellow green, blushed, covered with light russet.
Basin shallow, regular; Eye medium, open; Segments reflexed.
Cavity deep, acute, regular; Stem long, red.
Core round, regular, slightly open, clasping the eye; Seeds numerous, short, plump; Flesh yellow, very fine-grained; Flavor mild sub-acid, aromatic; Quality good to very good; Use, dessert; Season, December, January.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Knox Russet.
Found in the orchard of J. Knox, Pittsburgh, Pa. Origin unknown. Tree spreading, productive, shoots slender.
Fruit small to medium, globular, somewhat conic, yellow green, blushed, covered with light russet. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, mild subacid, aromatic. Good to very good. December, January.