Piles Russet
AppleOrigin/History
An old English Apple, also recorded as Pyles Russet.
Tree
Vigorous, productive.
Fruit
Size: Medium
Form: Roundish oblate
Skin: Dull green, covered with russet, becoming dull brown or orange in the sun
Flesh/Flavor: Greenish, breaking, brisk, slightly aromatic subacid
Season
November to April
Book Sources
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Piles Russet. Pyles Russet. An old English Apple. Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, dull green, covered with russet, becoming dull brown or orange in the sun. Flesh greenish, breaking, brisk, slightly aromatic subacid. November to April. (Lindley.)
Pyles Russet